Verse 12
Deuteronomy 20:12
Darby Translation
12
And if it will not make peace with thee, but will make war with thee, then thou shalt besiege it;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אִם לֹ֤א תַשְׁלִים֙ עִמָּ֔/ךְ וְ/עָשְׂתָ֥ה עִמְּ/ךָ֖ מִלְחָמָ֑ה וְ/צַרְתָּ֖ עָלֶֽי/הָּ
English Translation
And if you do not make peace with you, and she does war with you, you will besiege her.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
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When thou goest out to war against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people mor...
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And it shall be, when ye approach unto the battle, that the priest shall draw near and speak unto th...
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and shall say unto them, Hear, Israel, ye are approaching this day unto battle against your enemies:...
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for Jehovah your God (Elohim) is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to s...
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5
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house,...
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6
And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not eaten of it? let him go and return...
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And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto...
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And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and shall say, What man is there that is timid...
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9
And it shall be, when the officers have ended speaking unto the people, that they shall place captai...
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10
When thou approachest unto a city to fight against it, thou shalt proclaim peace unto it.
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11
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then all the people that are f...
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12
And if it will not make peace with thee, but will make war with thee, then thou shalt besiege it;
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and when Jehovah thy God (Elohim) delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof w...
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14
only the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that shall be in the city, all the spoi...
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15
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities...
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16
But of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God (Elohim) giveth thee for an inheritance, th...
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17
but shalt utterly devote them to destruction, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the...
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18
that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their g...
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19
When thou shalt besiege a city many days, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destro...
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20
Only the trees which thou knowest are not trees for meat, thou mayest destroy and cut them down, and...
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