Deuteronomy 13:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ Then you must ask about it, ·looking into [investigating] the matter and checking carefully whether it is true. If it is proved that a ·hateful [detestable; abhorrent; abominable] thing has happened among you, ¹⁵ you must ·kill [^Lstrike] with a sword everyone who lives in that city. ·Destroy the city completely and kill everyone in it [Devote that city to the Lord; 20:15–18; Josh. 6:17], as well as the animals, with a sword. ¹⁶ Gather up ·everything those people owned [^Lall its plunder], and put it in the middle of the city square. Then completely burn the city and ·everything they owned [^Lall its plunder] as a burnt offering [Lev. 1:1–17] to the Lord your God. That city should never be rebuilt; let it be ·ruined [a ruin heap] forever.