No person specially set apart for destruction may be bought back. Such a person must be put to death.

凡从人中当灭的都不可赎，必被治死。”

凡从人中永献作当灭的都不可赎，必被处死。

凡从人中永献作当灭的都不可赎，必被处死。

凡永远献上的人不可被赎回，必须被处死。

如果有人永献牲畜作永属耶和华的圣物，就不可赎回；必须把它杀死。

凡從人中當滅的都不可贖，必被治死。」

凡從人中永獻作當滅的都不可贖，必被處死。

凡從人中永獻作當滅的都不可贖，必被處死。

凡永遠獻上的人不可被贖回，必須被處死。

如果有人永獻牲畜作永屬耶和華的聖物，就不可贖回；必須把牠殺死。

凡永獻者就是從人之中永獻與上帝的、都不能被替贖；他必須被處死。

凡當滅者、不可復贖、必致之死、○

所獻禮物、不可復贖、乃必宰之。

凡人所永獻者、毋贖當宰、

“‘ No person devoted to destruction may be ransomed; they are to be put to death.

“‘ No one set apart in a special way to be destroyed can be bought back. They must be put to death.

No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

No person who has been set apart for destruction is to be ransomed; he must be put to death.

No one who may have been set apart among mankind shall be ransomed; he must be put to death.

No person under the ban, who may become doomed to destruction among men, shall be redeemed, but shall surely be put to death.

No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

No person who has been set apart for destruction is to be ransomed; he must be put to death.

None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed;[ but] shall surely be put to death.

Any human being who is permanently dedicated must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.

“‘ No one devoted to destruction, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed. He shall surely be put to death.

And the Lord sent you on a mission and told you,‘ Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.’Why haven’t you obeyed the Lord? Why did you rush for the plunder and do what was evil in the Lord’s sight?”“ But I did obey the Lord,” Saul insisted.“ I carried out the mission he gave me. I brought back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else.Then my troops brought in the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and plunder to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”But Samuel replied,“ What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”

Then the people of Israel made this vow to the Lord:“ If you will hand these people over to us, we will completely destroy all their towns.”The Lord heard the Israelites’ request and gave them victory over the Canaanites. The Israelites completely destroyed them and their towns, and the place has been called Hormah ever since.