DEUTERONOMY 20:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:”
But as for the towns of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not let anything that breathes remain alive — the herem (total destruction/cherem) applies to Canaanite peoples; every living creature is marked for destruction, establishing a radical distinction between distant enemies (who can be enslaved) and the inhabitants of Canaan (who cannot coexist with Israel).
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