Verse 19
Deuteronomy 20:19
Noah Webster Bible
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When thou shalt besiege a city a long time in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees of it by forcing an ax against them; for thou mayest eat of them: and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life ) to employ them in the siege:
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי תָצ֣וּר אֶל עִיר֩ יָמִ֨ים רַבִּ֜ים לְֽ/הִלָּחֵ֧ם עָלֶ֣י/הָ לְ/תָפְשָׂ֗/הּ לֹֽא תַשְׁחִ֤ית אֶת עֵצָ/הּ֙ לִ/נְדֹּ֤חַ עָלָי/ו֙ גַּרְזֶ֔ן כִּ֚י מִמֶּ֣/נּוּ תֹאכֵ֔ל וְ/אֹת֖/וֹ לֹ֣א תִכְרֹ֑ת כִּ֤י הָֽ/אָדָם֙ עֵ֣ץ הַ/שָּׂדֶ֔ה לָ/בֹ֥א מִ/פָּנֶ֖י/ךָ בַּ/מָּצֽוֹר
English Translation
When you besiege a city for many days to wage war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them, for you may eat from them and you shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field a man that it should be besieged by you?
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