"Thusyou shall doto allthe citiesthat are veryfarfrom you, whichare not of the citiesof thesenationsnearby.
"I gavethem My statutesand informedthem of My ordinances,by which,if a manobservesthem, he will live.
"Onlythe womenand the childrenand the animalsand allthat is in the city,allits spoil,you shall takeas bootyfor yourself; and you shall usethe spoilof your enemieswhichthe LORDyour Godhas givenyou.
"Onlyin the citiesof thesepeoplesthat the LORDyour Godis givingyou as an inheritance,you shall not leavealiveanythingthat breathes.
So they answeredJoshuaand said,"Becauseit was certainlytoldyour servantsthat the LORDyour Godhad commandedHis servantMosesto giveyou allthe land,and to destroyallthe inhabitantsof the landbeforeyou; therefore we fearedgreatlyfor our livesbecauseof you, and have donethisthing.
They saidto him, "Your servantshave comefrom a veryfarcountrybecause of the fameof the LORDyour God;for we have heardthe reportof Him and allthat He didin Egypt,
