Deu 7:2, 31:7 | 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]

f[See ver. 6 above]

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 31:7

7 Then ^eMoses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, ^f“Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it.