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We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:
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Devoted to Destruction
Commentators explain that the phrase 'utterly destroyed' translates the Hebrew concept of 'cherem,' meaning to be 'laid under ban' or 'devoted to destruction.' This was not random warfare but a specific, religiously-sanctioned act carried out under what the text presents as an express command from God.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city - Render, laid under ban (compare the note on Leviticu…
19th Century
Anglican
And utterly destroyed. —that is, devoted to destruction. They made them chêrem, like the spoil of Jericho. This …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And we took all his cities at that time As Heshbon, and others mentioned in (Numbers 21:25[Reference Num…
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