But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes:
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes:
But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;
But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death:
But of the cities of these people which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
But of the cities of these peoples, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
Forbearance, however, was not to be shown toward the Canaanite nations, which were to be utterly exterminated (compare Deuteronomy 7:1-4). The command did not apply to beasts as well as men (compare Joshua 11:11, Joshua 11:14).
20:16 Nothing - No man. For the beasts, some few excepted, were given them for a prey.