and when YHWH your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then must destroy-destroy them. You are not to make a covenant with them or show mercy to them.
Joshua 11:12 - Y'all Version Bible Joshua captured all the cities of those kings, with their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of YHWH commanded. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Joshua took all the cities of those kings and all the kings and smote them with the sword, utterly destroying them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. [Deut. 20:16.] American Standard Version (1901) And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded. Common English Bible Joshua captured all these kings and their cities. He struck them down without mercy. He wiped them out as something reserved for God. This was exactly as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded. Catholic Public Domain Version And he seized, struck, and destroyed all the surrounding cities and their kings, just as Moses, the servant of God, had instructed him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he took and put to the sword and destroyed all the cities round about, and their kings, as Moses the servant of God had commanded him. |
and when YHWH your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then must destroy-destroy them. You are not to make a covenant with them or show mercy to them.
But know today that YHWH your God will cross over ahead of you as a devouring fire. Hᴇ will destroy them and bring them down before you. So you will drive them out and make them perish quickly, as YHWH has told to you.
When Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king. He utterly destroyed it and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining, and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
YHWH delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
YHWH delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel. He took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls who were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
They took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
They took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were in it.
But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
As YHWH commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua. Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that YHWH commanded Moses.
all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians. I will drive them out from before the children of Israel. Just allocate it to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
YHWH gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. YHWH delivered all their enemies into their hand.
as Moses the servant of YHWH commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of uncut stones, on which no one had lifted up any iron. They offered burnt offerings on it to YHWH and sacrificed peace offerings.
When y’all have seized the city, y’all are to set the city on fire. Y’all must do this according to the word of YHWH that I have commanded y’all.”
They answered Joshua, and said, “Because your servants were told-told how YHWH your God commanded ʜɪꜱ slave Moses to give y’all all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before y’all. Therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of y’all, and that is why we did this thing.