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Positive Commandment #596 of 613

Destroy the seven Canaanite nations

Commandment #596a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 20:17, classified under War and Battles in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

"But you shall utterly destroy them, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, as the LORD your God has commanded you,

Deuteronomy 20:17

Hebrew

יז כִּי-הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִימֵם, הַחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי, הַחִוִּי, וְהַיְבוּסִי--כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ.

Greek (Septuagint)

17 ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ἀναθέματι ἀναθεματιεῖτε αὐτούς, τὸν Χετταῖον καὶ Αμορραῖον καὶ Χαναναῖον καὶ Φερεζαῖον καὶ Ευαῖον καὶ Ιεβουσαῖον καὶ Γεργεσαῖον, ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατό σοι κύριος ὁ θεός σου,

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
20

Scholarly References

Parashah
Shoftim
Mishneh Torah
JudgesKings and Wars

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