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Deuteronomy 20:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 20:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities, which are a great way off from thee, which are not of the cities of these [a]nations here.
16 But of the cities of this people, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to inherit, thou shalt save no person alive,
17 But shalt utterly destroy them, to wit, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee,
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- Deuteronomy 20:15 For God had appointed that the Canaanites should be destroyed, and made the Israelites executors of his will, Deut. 7:1.
Deuteronomy 20:15-17
New International Version
Deuteronomy 20:15-17
New International Version
15 This is how you are to treat all the cities that are at a distance(A) from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
16 However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.(B) 17 Completely destroy[a] them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has commanded you.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 20:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
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