Deuteronomy 20:15

New International Reader's Version

That’s how you must treat all the cities far away from you. Those cities don’t belong to the nations that are nearby.

Cross References

Ezekiel 20:11

I gave them my rules. I made my laws known to them. The person who obeys them will live by them.

Deuteronomy 20:14

But you can take the women and children for yourselves. You can also take the livestock and everything else in the city. What you have captured from your enemies you can use for yourselves. The Lord your God has given it to you.

Deuteronomy 20:16

But what about the cities the Lord your God is giving you as your own? Kill everything that breathes in those cities.

Joshua 9:24

They answered Joshua, “We were clearly told what the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to do. He commanded him to give you the whole land. He also ordered him to wipe out all its people to make room for you. So we were afraid you would kill us. That’s why we tricked you.

Joshua 9:9

They answered, “We’ve come from a country that’s very far away. We’ve come because the Lord your God is famous. We’ve heard reports about him. We’ve heard about everything he did in Egypt.