Deuteronomy 13:16
And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
Cross-reference
In Numbers 21:2, Israel vows to devote Canaanite cities to destruction, using the same herem concept as the command here.
In Numbers 21:3, the place is called Hormah ('destruction') after its cities are devoted — directly echoing the herem of this verse.
In Joshua 6:24, Jericho is burned entirely as a devoted thing, mirroring the herem (total destruction) commanded here.
In Joshua 8:28, Ai is burned and made a 'heap forever' — exactly the same phrase and outcome commanded here.
In Isaiah 25:2, a fortified city is made a 'heap' and 'never rebuilt' — language directly echoing this verse's judgment.
In Jeremiah 49:2, Ammon's capital becomes a 'desolate heap' — the same fate of permanent ruin decreed here for apostate cities.
In Micah 1:6, Samaria is made a 'heap of ruins' — identical imagery of a city reduced to rubble and abandoned, as commanded here.
Leviticus 27:28 defines 'devoted things' as most holy and not redeemable, providing the legal basis for the total destruction commanded here.
Joshua 7:15 shows the punishment for taking the accursed thing, illustrating the consequence of violating the devoted destruction command.
1 Samuel 15:3 records another divine command for total destruction of Amalek, paralleling the herem judgment on apostate cities.
In Isaiah 17:1, Damascus becomes a 'heap of ruins' — the same Hebrew word (עִי) used for the city's permanent desolation here.
Ezekiel 16:41 depicts judgment on Jerusalem with burning houses, echoing the destruction of the apostate city in the law.
Ezekiel 23:47 again uses burning houses as judgment on Jerusalem, similar to the burning of the apostate city.