^34 (A)At that time we captured all his cities and put every city under the ban,^[a] men, women and children; we left no survivor. ³⁵ Our only plunder was the livestock and the spoils of the captured cities.

^6 (A)As we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon, so also here we put all the towns under the ban, men, women and children;

²⁶ You shall not bring any abominable thing into your house, so as to be, like it, under the ban; loathe and abhor it utterly for it is under the ban.^[a]

^16 (A)you shall put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, placing the city and all that is in it, even its livestock, under the ban.

¹⁸ You shall not hold on to anything that is under the ban; then the Lord will turn from his burning anger and show you mercy, and in showing you mercy multiply you as he swore to your ancestors,

^16 (A)But in the cities of these peoples that the Lord, your God, is giving you as a heritage, you shall not leave a single soul alive. ¹⁷ You must put them all under the ban—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—just as the Lord, your God, has commanded you, ¹⁸ so that they do not teach you to do all the abominations that they do for their gods, and you thus sin against the Lord, your God.

³² You shall not make a covenant with them or their gods. ³³ They must not live in your land. For if you serve their gods, this will become a snare to you.^(A)

^12 (A)Take care not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land that you are to enter; lest they become a snare among you.

¹⁵ Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land; else, when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to them, one of them may invite you and you may partake of the sacrifice.