Joshua 9:9
9:9 They told him, “Your subjects
have come from a very distant land because of the reputation
of the
Lord your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt
Deuteronomy 20:11-15
20:11 If it accepts your terms
and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves.
20:12 If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.
20:13 The
Lord your God will deliver it over to you
and you must kill every single male by the sword.
20:14 However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city – all its plunder – you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the
Lord your God has given you.
20:15 This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.
Deuteronomy 20:1
Laws Concerning War with Distant Enemies
20:1 When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
Deuteronomy 8:1-2
The Lord’s Provision in the Desert
8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors.
8:2 Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 20:14
20:14 However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city – all its plunder – you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the
Lord your God has given you.