DEUTERONOMY 20:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.”
So that they do not teach you to do all the abhorrent things that they do for their gods, and you thus sin against the LORD your God — the theological justification for the herem is preservation of Israel's covenantal purity; coexistence would lead to religious syncretism and apostasy, making destruction a covenant-protective measure.
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