Deuteronomy 20:17-18
17Instead you must utterly annihilate them ▼▼tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation seeks to reflect with “utterly.” Cf. CEV “completely wipe out.”
▼ —the Hittites, ▼▼sn Hittite. The center of Hittite power was in Anatolia (central modern Turkey). In the Late Bronze Age (1550-1200 b.c.) they were at their zenith, establishing outposts and colonies near and far. Some elements were obviously in Canaan at the time of the Conquest (1400-1350 b.c.).
Amorites, ▼▼sn Amorite. Originally from the upper Euphrates region (Amurru), the Amorites appear to have migrated into Canaan beginning in 2200 b.c. or thereabouts.
Canaanites, ▼ Perizzites, ▼ Hivites, ▼ and Jebusites ▼ ▼ —just as the Lord your God has commanded you, 18so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship ▼▼tn Heb “to do according to all their abominations which they do for their gods.”
their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.
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