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Deuteronomy 20:16-18

16Butofthecitiesמֵעָרֵ֤יme.'a.ReiH5892ofthesepeoplesH5971,thatJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth theeforaninheritanceנַחֲלָ֑הna.cha.LahH5159, thou shalt savealiveH2421nothingthatbreatheth;

17butthou shalt utterlydestroyH2763them:theHittiteהַחִתִּ֤יha.chi.TiH2850,andtheAmoriteוְהָאֱמֹרִי֙ve.ha.'e.mo.RiH567,theCanaaniteהַכְּנַעֲנִ֣יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669,andthePerizziteוְהַפְּרִזִּ֔יve.hap.pe.ri.ZiH6522,theHiviteהַחִוִּ֖יha.chi.ViH2340,andtheJebusiteוְהַיְבוּסִ֑יve.hay.vu.SiH2983;asJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathcommandedצִוְּךָ֖tzi.ve.KhaH6680thee;

18thattheyteachיְלַמְּד֤וּye.la.me.DuH3925younottodoafteralltheirabominationsתּֽוֹעֲבֹתָ֔םto.'a.vo.TamH8441,whichtheyhavedoneuntotheirgodsלֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶ֑םle.lo.hei.HemH430;soלְמַ֗עַןle.Ma.'anH4616wouldyesinוַחֲטָאתֶ֖םva.cha.ta.TemH2398againstJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ ס'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

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