Deuteronomy 20:16King James 2000But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes: See the chapter |
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your servants, how that the LORD your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were very much afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.