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14 then you shall inquire and search out and ask thoroughly. Behold, if it is true and the matter is confirmed, that this abomination has been done among you, 15 (A)you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, [a]devoting it to destruction and all that is in it and its cattle with the edge of the sword. 16 (B)Then you shall gather all its spoil into the middle of its open square and burn the city and all its spoil with fire as a whole burnt offering to Yahweh your God; and it shall be a [b](C)ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 13:15 Or putting it under the ban
  2. Deuteronomy 13:16 Lit mound