Deuteronomy 13:17

15 you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.

16 And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.

Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

18 because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
KJV
And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
WEB
Nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy, and have compassion on you and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers,
ASV
And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
DARBY
And thou shalt not let anything cleave to thy hand of the devoted thing; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
BLB
And in your hand you shall not cling to any of the accursed things, so that YHWH will turn from the burning of His anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
ÅB
Ikke det minste av det bannlyste skal bli hengende ved din hånd, for at Herren må la sin brennende vrede fare og være deg nådig og miskunne seg over deg og gjøre deg tallrik, som han har svoret dine fedre,
OTB
Ingenting som er bestemt for ødeleggelse skal forbli i dine hender, slik at Herren kan vende seg fra Sin brennende vrede og vise deg nåde, og ha medfølelse med deg og øke ditt antall, slik Han lovet med ed til dine forfedre—
B1930
Ikke det minste av det bannlyste skal bli hengende ved din hånd, forat Herren må la sin brennende vrede fare og være dig nådig og miskunne sig over dig og gjøre dig tallrik, som han har svoret dine fedre,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 7:26

    And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

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  • Genesis 26:24

    and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

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  • Joshua 7:26

    And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.

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  • Genesis 26:4

    I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

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  • Genesis 28:14

    Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

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  • Joshua 6:18

    But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

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  • Deuteronomy 30:3

    then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:22

    If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!

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