Deu 20:16-18 | MHM | STEP | v. 16-18 : For the Canaanite cities that God gave to Israel, the people were not to be spared. Everything was to be destroyed. This was because the Canaanites practiced idolatry and evil things, and leaving them alive would tempt Israel to sin and turn away from God (Deuteronomy 20:16-18; Deuteronomy 7:2 ).

‏ Deuteronomy 20:16-18

v. 16-18: For the Canaanite cities that God gave to Israel, the people were not to be spared. Everything was to be destroyed. This was because the Canaanites practiced idolatry and evil things, and leaving them alive would tempt Israel to sin and turn away from God (Deuteronomy 20:16-18; Deuteronomy 7:2 ^a).

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