Deuteronomy 13:9
No, you absolutely must kill them! You start killing them, and then have everyone else help.
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8don't give into them or listen to them. Show them no mercy. Don't spare them or protect them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:16You are to destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Don't look on them with sympathy. Don't worship their gods, for that will end up being a trap to you.
Deuteronomy 25:12you are to cut her hand off. Don't show her any mercy.
Luke 14:26“If you want to follow me but you don't hate your father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters—even your own life—you can't be my disciple.
Acts 7:58dragged him out of the city, and began to stone him. His accusers laid their coats down beside a young man called Saul.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 13:7-12
6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither… Read the whole commentary →