Deuteronomy 20:16Modern King James VersionBut of the cities of these people, which Jehovah your God gives 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 Jehovah your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all those who lived in the land from before you; therefore, we were very much afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.