The Israelites were about to enter the Promised Land when the prophet Moses told them: “You should without fail devote them to destruction, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, just as Jehovah your God has commanded you. ” — Deuteronomy 7: 2; 20: 17.
Iisraellased olid just jõudmas Tõotatud Maale, kui prohvet Mooses andis neile korralduse: „Hävita sootuks hetiidid, emorlased, kaananlased, perislased, hiivlased ja jebuuslased, nõnda nagu Jehoova, su Jumal, sind on käskinud ”.