Verse 12
Deuteronomy 20:12
New King James Version
12
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against 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.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots,
and a people mo...
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And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unt...
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3
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let...
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4
For the LORD your God (Elohim)
is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to...
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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 he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not
yet eaten of it? let him
also go and r...
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7
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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8
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man
is there that is...
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9
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall mak...
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10
When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then 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 it shall be,
that all the...
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12
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
13
And when the LORD thy God (Elohim) hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male t...
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14
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city,
even all the spoil...
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15
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities
which are very far off from thee, which
are not of the cities...
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16
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God (Elohim) doth give thee
for an inheritance...
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17
But thou shalt utterly destroy them;
namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the...
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18
That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so...
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19
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not dest...
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20
Only the trees which thou knowest that they
be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them d...
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