Deuteronomy 16:20
16:20 You must pursue justice alone
1 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 2 the Lord your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing 3 to survive.
Deuteronomy 30:19
30:19 Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!
1 tn Heb “justice, justice.” The repetition is emphatic; one might translate as “pure justice” or “unadulterated justice” (cf. NLT “true justice”).
2 tn The antecedent of the relative pronoun is “cities.”
3 tn Heb “any breath.”