13CertainH259base fellows are goneoutיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427from the midst of thee, and have drawn away theinhabitantsלָשֶׁ֥בֶתla.She.vetH3427of theircityH5892,sayingH559,LetH5414usH5414go and serveotherH259godsH430,whichH834ye havenotכִּֽי־ki-H3588knownתִשְׁמַ֞עtish.Ma'H8085;
14then shalt thou inquire, andmakeיְדַעְתֶּֽם׃ye.da'.TemH3045search, andaskלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559diligently; and,beholdלֹא־lo'-H3808,ifH834it be truth, and the thingcertainH376, thatsuchH834abomination is wrought in themidstH7130of thee;
15thou shaltsurelyהַזֹּ֖אתha.ZotH2063smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, andallהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
16And thou shalt gatherallכָּל־kol-H3605the spoil of itintoH2719the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire thecityH5892, andallכָּל־kol-H3605the spoil thereofeveryכָּל־kol-H3605whit, unto the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
17And there shall cleave nought of the devotedthingH3605to thine hand: that theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068mayturnH1961from the fierceness of his anger, and shew theemercyלַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068, and have compassionuponH1961thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
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