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:
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Mais dans les villes de ces peuples dont l'Eternel, ton Dieu, te donne le pays pour héritage, tu ne laisseras la vie à rien de ce qui respire.
KJV
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:
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
s like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself." Therefore the Lord unsuitably commanded ( Dt. 20:13-19 ) that all the inhabitants of a captured hostile city were to be slain, but that the fruit-trees should not be cut down. Objection 5: Further, every one should prefer…
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