Ver. 15. Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities, &c.— This clemency to the women and little ones was limited to those who were not inhabitants of the land of Canaan; the inhabitants are ordered in the following verses to be otherwise treated. It is generally thought, that by the little, or young ones, are meant all the young people under twenty years of age.
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Deuteronomy 20:15
15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.