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 32:27-28

27And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you ckill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’” 28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell.

Deuteronomy 13:6

6 dIf your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or ethe wife you embrace
Hebrew  the wife of your bosom
or your friend gwho is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ hwhich neither you nor your fathers have known,

Deuteronomy 13:9

9But you shall kill him. iYour hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.

Deuteronomy 13:13

13that certain jworthless 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,

Deuteronomy 13:15

15you 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.

Deuteronomy 17:3-5

3and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or lthe sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, mwhich I have forbidden, 4and it is told you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire ndiligently, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, 5then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you oshall stone that man or woman to death with stones.

1 Kings 18:40

40And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to pthe brook Kishon and qslaughtered them there.

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