All of those who were conquered are put to the ban or the herem that's the sacred devotion of objects and persons to God, which entailed killing them, so they were utterly destroyed.

那些被虏获的人都被禁止,那是为上帝敬献的物品或者人，也就意味着杀了他们，因此他们完全被毁灭。

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So, there would be some inclination to capture men rather than to kill them.

因此就有某些倾向,要抓住他们而不是杀了他们

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