Deuteronomy 20:15-17

Living Bible

¹⁵ These instructions apply only to distant cities, not to those in the Promised Land itself.^[a]

¹⁶ “For in the cities within the boundaries of the Promised Land you are to save no one; destroy every living thing. ¹⁷ Utterly destroy the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. This is the commandment of the Lord your God.