Deu 20:16-17, Jos 10:40, 11:11 | ESV | STEP | But in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance , you shall save alive nothing that breathes ,

Deuteronomy 20:16-17

16 But ^ain the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes, 17 but ^byou shall devote them to complete destruction, ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)} the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as the Lord your God has commanded,

Joshua 10:40

40 So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland ^dand the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, ^ebut devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel commanded.

Joshua 11:11

11 And they struck with the sword all who were in it, devoting them to destruction; ^{▼▼That is, setting apart ( devoting) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 12, 20, 21} ^gthere was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.