Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, ‘You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.’

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”

The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.

The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.

‘Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the  Lord must be destroyed.

“Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the  Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction.

No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;

For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,

no man with a crippled foot or hand,

or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand,

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you.

And I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.

‘“But nothing that a person owns and devotes to the  Lord – whether a human being or an animal or family land – may be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the  Lord.

“But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the  Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the  Lord.

‘“No one devoted to destruction may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.

No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

Then Israel made this vow to the  Lord: ‘If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities.’

And Israel vowed a vow to the  Lord and said, “If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.”

The  Lord listened to Israel’s plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.

And the  Lord heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called Hormah.

Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his message:

‘Amalek was first among the nations,
but their end will be utter destruction.’

Then he looked on Amalek and took up his discourse and said,

“Amalek was the first among the nations,
but its end is utter destruction.”

Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus;
they will subdue Ashur and Eber,
but they too will come to ruin.’

But ships shall come from Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and Eber;
and he too shall come to utter destruction.”

drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places.

You grumbled in your tents and said, ‘The  Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.

And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the  Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land the  Lord gave them as their possession.)

The Horites also lived in Seir formerly, but the people of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place as Israel did to the land of their possession, which the  Lord gave to them.)

They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. The  Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.

a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim; but the  Lord destroyed them before the Ammonites, and they dispossessed them and settled in their place,

The  Lord had done the same for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

as he did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them and they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.

And as for the Avvites who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorites coming out from Caphtor destroyed them and settled in their place.)

As for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place.)

At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed them – men, women and children. We left no survivors.

And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction every city, men, women, and children. We left no survivors.

We completely destroyed them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying every city – men, women and children.

And we devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon the king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city, men, women, and children.

You saw with your own eyes what the  Lord did at Baal Peor. The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor,

Your eyes have seen what the  Lord did at Baal-peor, for the  Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor.

I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.

for the  Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land.

for the  Lord your God in your midst is a jealous God— lest the anger of the  Lord your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

and when the  Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.

and when the  Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.

for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the  Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you.

for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the  Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.

But the  Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

But the  Lord your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.

He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them.

And he will give their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under heaven. No one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.

But be assured today that the  Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the  Lord has promised you.

Know therefore today that he who goes over before you as a consuming fire is the  Lord your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the  Lord has promised you.

At Horeb you aroused the  Lord’s wrath so that he was angry enough to destroy you.

Even at Horeb you provoked the  Lord to wrath, and the  Lord was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.

Let me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.’

Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

I feared the anger and wrath of the  Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the  Lord listened to me.

For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the  Lord bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the  Lord listened to me that time also.

And the  Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too.

And the  Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

I lay prostrate before the  Lord those forty days and forty nights because the  Lord had said he would destroy you.

“So I lay prostrate before the  Lord for these forty days and forty nights, because the  Lord had said he would destroy you.

and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared by enquiring about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.’

take care that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods?—that I also may do the same.’

you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely, both its people and its livestock.

you shall surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, devoting it to destruction, all who are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.

Completely destroy them – the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites – as the  Lord your God has commanded you.

but you shall devote them to complete destruction the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as the  Lord your God has commanded,

The  Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.

“The  Lord will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in all that you undertake to do until you are destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me.

The  Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

The  Lord will make the rain of your land powder. From heaven dust shall come down on you until you are destroyed.

All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the  Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.

“All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the  Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.

therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the  Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the  Lord will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, and lacking everything. And he will put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.

They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no corn, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.

It shall eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

The  Lord will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.

Every sickness also and every affliction that is not recorded in the book of this law, the  Lord will bring upon you, until you are destroyed.

Just as it pleased the  Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

And as the  Lord took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the  Lord will take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

The  Lord your God himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross over ahead of you, as the  Lord said.

The  Lord your God himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, so that you shall dispossess them, and Joshua will go over at your head, as the  Lord has spoken.

And the  Lord will do to them what he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, whom he destroyed along with their land.

And the  Lord will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them.

I will send wasting famine against them,
consuming pestilence and deadly plague;
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,
the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.

they shall be wasted with hunger,
and devoured by plague
and poisonous pestilence;
I will send the teeth of beasts against them,
with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.

The eternal God is your refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you,
saying, “Destroy them!”

The eternal God is your dwelling place
and underneath are the everlasting arms.
And he thrust out the enemy before you
and said, ‘Destroy.’

We have heard how the  Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.

For we have heard how the  Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction.

But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it.

But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction and bring trouble upon it.

They devoted the city to the  Lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it – men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

Then they devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.

That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you any more unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.

Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.

For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin until he had destroyed all who lived in Ai.

But Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted all the inhabitants of Ai to destruction.

They answered Joshua, ‘Your servants were clearly told how the  Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

They answered Joshua, “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the  Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you—so we feared greatly for our lives because of you and did this thing.

Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and had become their allies.

As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

That day Joshua took Makkedah. He put the city and its king to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it. He left no survivors. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

As for Makkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho.

They captured it that same day and put it to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it, just as they had done to Lachish.

And they captured it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And he devoted every person in it to destruction that day, as he had done to Lachish.

They took the city and put it to the sword, together with its king, its villages and everyone in it. They left no survivors. Just as at Eglon, they totally destroyed it and everyone in it.

and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and its towns, and every person in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and devoted it to destruction and every person in it.

They took the city, its king and its villages, and put them to the sword. Everyone in it they totally destroyed. They left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.

and he captured it with its king and all its towns. And they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. Just as he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and to its king.

So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills and the mountain slopes, together with all their kings. He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the  Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.

So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the  Lord God of Israel commanded.