20aFor it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might butterly destroy them, that they might receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
b
Deuteronomy 7:16
Deuteronomy 7
16
"You shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will deliver to you; ayour eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would beba snare to you.