Deuteronomy 20:16Word of YahwehBut of the cities of these people, which Yahweh thy Elohim doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: See the chapter |
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that Yahweh thy Elohim 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 sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.