Mitzvah #596 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Destroy the seven Canaanite nations“
Scripture Reference: DEU 20:17 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Shoftim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"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,
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יז כִּי-הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִימֵם, הַחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי, הַחִוִּי, וְהַיְבוּסִי--כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ.
Greek Text (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,
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Shoftim
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: Kings and Wars
Systematic Category (P119f) War and Battles