Numbers 6:8

6:8 All the days of his separation he must be holy to the Lord.

Numbers 18:14

18:14 “Everything devoted ¹  in Israel will be yours.

Numbers 31:15

31:15 Moses said to them, “Have you allowed all the women to live? ² 

Numbers 33:52

33:52 you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, ³  and demolish their high places.

¹ tn The “ban” (חֵרֶם, kherem) in Hebrew describes that which is exclusively the Lord’s, either for his sanctuary use, or for his destruction. It seems to refer to an individual’s devoting something freely to God.

¹ tn The verb is the Piel perfect of the word חָיָה (khayah, “to live”). In the Piel stem it must here mean “preserve alive,” or “allow to live,” rather than make alive.

¹ tn The Hebrew text repeats the verb “you will destroy.”