Deuteronomy 13:16

“And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.”

"And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again." - Deuteronomy 13:16
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What does Deuteronomy 13:16 mean?

Deuteronomy 13:16 in the King James Version (KJV) reads, "And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not…

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The Cost of Compromise: A Call to Radical Faithfulness

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Deuteronomy 13:16 - "And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again."
Deuteronomy 16:13 - "¶ Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:"
Deuteronomy 20:16
Deuteronomy 20:16
Deuteronomy 20:16
"¶ Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:" - Deuteronomy 16:13
Deuteronomy 14:16 - "The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,"
Deuteronomy 10:16 - "Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked."
Deuteronomy 28:16 - "Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field."
Deuteronomy 14:13 - "And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,"
Deuteronomy 18:13 - "Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 17:13 - "And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously."
Deuteronomy 32:16 - "They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger."
Deuteronomy 25:13 - "¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small."
Deuteronomy 5:13 - "Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:"
Deuteronomy 22:13 - "¶ If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,"
Deuteronomy 6:16 - "¶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah."
Deuteronomy 19:16 - "¶ If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;"
Deuteronomy 16:12 - "And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes."
Deuteronomy 25:16 - "For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 12:16 - "Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water."
Deuteronomy 13:1 - "If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,"
Genesis 16:13
Deuteronomy 2:16 - "¶ So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,"
Deuteronomy 27:16 - "Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen."
"The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan," - Deuteronomy 14:16
Deuteronomy 6:13 - "Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name."
Deuteronomy 13:11 - "And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you."
Luke 16:1-13