Numbers 21:2
2 aAnd 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.” ▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verse 3
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. Joshua 9:17
17And the people of Israel set out and reached their cities on the third day. dNow their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
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