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.

[16:20]  ¹ tn Heb “justice, justice.” The repetition is emphatic; one might translate as “pure justice” or “unadulterated justice” (cf. NLT “true justice”).

[20:16]  ² tn The antecedent of the relative pronoun is “cities.”

[20:16]  ³ tn Heb “any breath.”