Deu 7:2-3 | ESV | STEP | and when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction . You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them .

b ch. 20:17; Ex. 22:20; Lev. 27:29; Num. 21:2, 3

d Ex. 23:32; 34:12; Judg. 2:2; [ch. 20:10; Josh. 2:14; 9:18; Judg. 1:24]

e Ex. 34:16; Josh. 23:12, 13; 1 Kgs. 11:2; [Ezra 9:2]

‏ Deuteronomy 7:2-3

2 ^aand when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must ^bdevote them to complete destruction. ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)} ^dYou shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them. 3 ^eYou shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,