Deu 13:12-18, Jos 22:12, Judg 20:2, 8, 11, 21:5 | ESV | STEP | If you hear in one of your cities , which the Lord your God is giving you to dwell there ,

Deuteronomy 13:12-18

12 “If you hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you to dwell there, 13 that certain ^aworthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known, 14 then you shall inquire and make search and ask ^bdiligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you, 15 you shall surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, devoting it to destruction, ^{▼▼That is, setting apart ( devoting) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)} all who are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword. 16 You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square and ^dburn the city and all its spoil with fire, as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It shall be a ^eheap forever. It shall not be built again. 17 ^fNone of the devoted things shall stick to your hand, ^gthat the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy and have compassion on you and multiply you, ^has he swore to your fathers, 18 if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, ⁱkeeping all his commandments that I am commanding you today, and doing what is right in the sight of the Lord your God.

Joshua 22:12

12 And when the people of Israel heard of it, ^jthe whole assembly of the people of Israel gathered at Shiloh to make war against them.

Judges 20:2

2 And the ^kchiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 men on foot ^lthat drew the sword.

Judges 20:8

8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his house.

Judges 20:11

11 So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.

Judges 21:5

5 And the people of Israel said, “Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the Lord?” ^mFor they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”