ASV_Strong : Deuteronomy 20
1. When thou goest forth[H3318] to battle[H4421] against thine enemies[H341], and seest[H7200] horses[H5483], and chariots[H7393], and a people[H5971] more[H7227] than thou[H3372], thou shalt not be afraid of them[H3068]; for Jehovah thy God[H430] is with thee[H5927], who brought thee up out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
2. And it shall be[H7126], when ye draw nigh unto the battle[H4421], that the priest[H3548] shall approach[H5066] and speak[H1696] unto the people[H5971],
3. and shall say[H559] unto them[H8085], Hear, O Israel[H3478], ye draw nigh[H7131] this day[H3117] unto battle[H4421] against your enemies[H341]: let not your heart[H3824] faint[H7401]; fear[H3372] not[H2648], nor tremble, neither be ye affrighted[H6206] at them[H6440];
4. for Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430] is he that goeth[H1980] with you[H3898], to fight for you against your enemies[H341], to save you[H3467].
5. And the officers[H7860] shall speak[H1696] unto the people[H5971], saying[H559], What man[H376] is there that hath built[H1129] a new[H2319] house[H1004], and hath not dedicated[H2596] it[H3212]? let him go and return[H7725] to his house[H1004], lest he die[H4191] in the battle[H4421], and another[H312] man[H376] dedicate it[H2596].
6. And what man[H376] is there that hath planted[H5193] a vineyard[H3754], and hath not used[H2490] the fruit thereof[H3212]? let him go and return[H7725] unto his house[H1004], lest he die[H4191] in the battle[H4421], and another[H312] man[H376] use the fruit thereof[H2490].
7. And what man[H376] is there that hath betrothed[H781] a wife[H802], and hath not taken[H3947] her[H3212]? let him go and return[H7725] unto his house[H1004], lest he die[H4191] in the battle[H4421], and another[H312] man[H376] take her[H3947].
8. And the officers[H7860] shall speak[H1696] further[H3254] unto the people[H5971], and they shall say[H559], What man[H376] is there that is fearful[H3373] and faint-hearted[H7390]? let him go[H3212] and return[H7725] unto his house[H1004], lest his brethren[H251]'s heart[H3824] melt[H4549] as his heart[H3824].
9. And it shall be[H7860], when the officers have made an end[H3615] of speaking[H1696] unto the people[H5971], that they shall appoint[H6485] captains[H8269] of hosts[H6635] at the head[H7218] of the people[H5971].
10. When thou drawest nigh[H7126] unto a city[H5892] to fight[H3898] against it[H7121], then proclaim peace unto it[H7965].
11. And it shall be[H6030], if it make thee answer of peace[H7965], and open[H6605] unto thee[H5971], then it shall be, that all the people that are found[H4672] therein shall become tributary[H4522] unto thee[H5647], and shall serve thee.
12. And if it will make no peace[H7999] with thee[H6213], but will make war[H4421] against thee[H6696], then thou shalt besiege it:
13. and when Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] delivereth[H5414] it into thy hand[H3027], thou shalt smite[H5221] every male[H2138] thereof with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719]:
14. but the women[H802], and the little ones[H2945], and the cattle[H929], and all that is in the city[H5892], even all the spoil[H7998] thereof[H962], shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself[H398]; and thou shalt eat the spoil[H7998] of thine enemies[H341], which Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] hath given thee[H5414].
15. Thus shalt thou do[H6213] unto all the cities[H5892] which are very[H3966] far off[H7350] from thee[H2007], which are not of the cities[H5892] of these nations[H1471].
16. But of the cities[H5892] of these peoples[H5971], that Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] giveth[H5414] thee for an inheritance[H5159], thou shalt save alive[H2421] nothing that breatheth[H5397];
17. but thou shalt utterly[H2763] destroy[H2763] them[H2850]: the Hittite, and the Amorite[H567], the Canaanite[H3669], and the Perizzite[H6522], the Hivite[H2340], and the Jebusite[H2983]; as Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430] hath commanded thee[H6680];
18. that they teach[H3925] you not to do[H6213] after all their abominations[H8441], which they have done[H6213] unto their gods[H430]; so would ye sin[H2398] against Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430].
19. When thou shalt besiege[H6696] a city[H5892] a long[H7227] time[H3117], in making war[H3898] against it to take[H8610] it[H7843], thou shalt not destroy the trees[H6086] thereof by wielding[H5080] an axe[H1631] against them[H398]; for thou mayest eat of them[H3772], and thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree[H6086] of the field[H7704] man[H120], that it should[H935] be besieged of thee[H6440]?
20. Only the trees[H6086] of which thou knowest[H3045] that they are not trees[H6086] for food[H3978], thou shalt destroy[H7843] and cut them down[H3772]; and thou shalt build[H1129] bulwarks[H4692] against the city[H5892] that maketh[H6213] war[H4421] with thee[H3381], until it fall.
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