Deuteronomy 20:16-18
New American Standard Bible
16 (A)Only in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not leave anything that breathes alive. 17 Instead, you shall [a]utterly destroy them, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you, 18 so that they will not teach you to do [b](B)all the same detestable practices of theirs which they have done for their gods, [c]by which you would (C)sin against the Lord your God.
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- Deuteronomy 20:17 Or put them under the ban
- Deuteronomy 20:18 Lit according to all the detestable
- Deuteronomy 20:18 Lit and you would
Joshua 8:2
New American Standard Bible
2 You shall do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king; you shall (A)take only its spoils and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. [a]Set an ambush for the city behind it.”
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- Joshua 8:2 Lit Set for yourself
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