^31 (A)And I will set your boundary from the ^[a]Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the ^[b]River; ^(B)for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will ^(C)drive them out from before you. ^32 (D)You shall cut no covenant with them ^(E)or with their gods. ^33 (F)They shall not live in your land, lest they make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, ^(G)it will surely be a snare to you.”

² So ^(A)Israel made a vow to Yahweh and said, “If You will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.” ³ Then Yahweh heard the voice of Israel and gave the Canaanites over; so they devoted them and their cities to destruction. Thus the name of the place was called ^[a](B)Hormah.

Devote the Nations to Destruction

7 “^(A)When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and He clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, ^(B)seven nations more numerous and stronger than you, ² and when Yahweh your God gives them over before you and you strike them down, ^(C)then you shall devote them to destruction. ^(D)You shall cut no covenant with them ^(E)and show no favor to them. ³ Furthermore, ^(F)you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your ^[a]daughters to ^[b]their sons, nor shall you take ^[c]their daughters for your ^[d]sons. ⁴ For ^[e]they will turn your ^[f]sons away from ^[g]following Me, and they will serve other gods; then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and ^(G)He will quickly destroy you. ⁵ But thus you shall do to them: ^(H)you shall tear down their altars and shatter their sacred pillars and cut their ^[h]Asherim in pieces and burn their graven images with fire.

^14 (A)Now all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, the sons of Israel took as their plunder; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them. They left no one remaining who breathed.