Exodus 22:20

20 a“Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction.
That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)


Exodus 23:24

24you shall cnot bow down to their gods nor serve them, dnor do as they do, but eyou shall utterly overthrow them and break their fpillars in pieces.

Leviticus 27:28

28But gno 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.

Deuteronomy 2:34

34And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction
That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
every icity, men, women, and children. We left no survivors.

Deuteronomy 7:2

2 jand when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must kdevote them to complete destruction.
That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
mYou shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.

Deuteronomy 7:16

16And nyou shall consume all the peoples that the Lord your God will give over to you. oYour eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be pa snare to you.

Joshua 6:17-21

17And the city and all that is within it shall be qdevoted to the Lord for destruction.
That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 18, 21
Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she shid the messengers whom we sent.
18But 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 ta thing for destruction and ubring trouble upon it. 19But all silver and gold, and every vessel of bronze and iron, are holy to the Lord; they shall go into the treasury of the Lord.” 20So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and vthe wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city. 21Then they wdevoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.

Joshua 6:24

24And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it. xOnly the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.

Judges 20:48

48And the men of Israel turned back against the people of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, the city, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns that they found they set on fire.

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