Deuteronomy 13:14-16

Lexham English Bible

¹⁴ then you shall inquire and examine and interrogate thoroughly, and, look! It is true; the thing has actually been done, this detestable thing in your midst, ¹⁵ then you shall certainly strike down the inhabitants of that town with the edge^[a] of the sword; you shall destroy it and everything in it, its domestic animals with the edge^[b] of the sword. ¹⁶ And then you shall gather all of its booty into the middle of its public square, and you shall burn the town and all of its war-booty totally for Yahweh your God, and it shall be a pile of rubble forever;^[c] it shall not be built again.