Deuteronomy 13:15-17 then shalt thou, smite, the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword,–

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ then shalt thou, smite, the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, devoting it to destruction, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword,–– ¹⁶ and, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou gather together into the midst of the broadway thereof, and shalt consume with fire the city and all the spoil thereof, every whit, unto Yahweh thy God,––and it shall be a heap unto times age–abiding, it shall be built no more. ¹⁷ So shall there not cleave to thy hand aught of the devoted thing,––that Yahweh, may turn away, from the glow of his anger, and grant thee compassion, and have compassion upon thee and multiply thee, as he sware unto thy fathers;