Deu 7:2, 20:16 | ESV | STEP | and when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction . You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.

b ch. 20:17; Ex. 22:20; Lev. 27:29; Num. 21:2, 3

d Ex. 23:32; 34:12; Judg. 2:2; [ch. 20:10; Josh. 2:14; 9:18; Judg. 1:24]

Deuteronomy 7:2

2 ^aand when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must ^bdevote them to complete destruction. ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)} ^dYou shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.

Deuteronomy 20:16

16 But ^ein the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes,