Deuteronomy 16:20

16:20 You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 20:16

Laws Concerning War with Canaanite Nations

20:16 As for the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive.


tn Heb “justice, justice.” The repetition is emphatic; one might translate as “pure justice” or “unadulterated justice” (cf. NLT “true justice”).

tn The antecedent of the relative pronoun is “cities.”

tn Heb “any breath.”