THEOSISJoshua 11:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he took and put to the sword and destroyed all the cities round about, and their kings, as Moses the servant of God had commanded him.
וְֽאֶת־כָּל־עָרֵ֣י הַמְּלָכֽ͏ִים־הָ֠אֵלֶּה וְֽאֶת־כָּל־מַלְכֵיהֶ֞ם לָכַ֧ד יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ וַיַּכֵּ֥ם לְפִי־חֶ֖רֶב הֶחֱרִ֣ים אוֹתָ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֔ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה עֶ֥בֶד יְהוָֽה׃
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- Deut 7:2And the Lord thy God shall have delivered them to thee, thou shalt utterly destroy them. Thou shalt make no league with them, nor shew mercy to them:
- Deut 20:16But of those cities that shall be given thee, thou shalt suffer none at all to live:
- Deut 20:17But shalt kill them with the edge of the sword, to wit, the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:
- Num 33:50Where the Lord said to Moses:
- Num 33:53Cleansing the land, and dwelling in it. For I have given it you for a possession.
- Josh 10:30And the Lord delivered it with the king thereof into the hands of Israel: and they destroyed the city with the edge of the sword, and all the inhabitants thereof. They left not in it any remains. And they did to the king of Lebna, as they had done to the king of Jericho.
- Josh 10:37Took it, and destroyed it with the edge of the sword: the king also thereof, and all the towns of that country, and all the souls that dwelt in it: he left not therein any remains: as he had done to Eglon, so did he also to Hebron, putting to the sword all that he found in it.
- Josh 8:8And when you shall have taken it, set it on fire, and you shall do all things so as I have commanded.