Deuteronomy 20:16-18

Living Bible

¹⁶ “For in the cities within the boundaries of the Promised Land you are to save no one; destroy every living thing. ¹⁷ Utterly destroy the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. This is the commandment of the Lord your God. ¹⁸ The purpose of this command is to prevent the people of the land from luring you into idol worship and into participation in their loathsome customs, thus sinning deeply against the Lord your God.