Deuteronomy 21:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;

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  • Deut 20:10-16 : 10 When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace. 11 And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants. 12 If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides: 13 And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy. 14 But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food. 15 So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations. 16 But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death:
  • Josh 21:44 : 44 And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.

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  • Deut 21:11-14
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    11If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;

    12Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut;

    13And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.

    14But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.

  • Deut 20:9-15
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    9Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.

    10When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace.

    11And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.

    12If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:

    13And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.

    14But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.

    15So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations.

  • Deut 20:1-2
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    1When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

    2And when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people,

  • Num 31:9
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    9The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

  • Deut 20:7
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    7Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.

  • Judg 21:21-22
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    21And watching; and if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then come from the vine-gardens and take a wife for every one of you from among the daughters of Shiloh, and go back to the land of Benjamin.

    22And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.

  • Deut 31:5
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    5The Lord will give them up into your hands, and you are to do to them as I have given you orders.

  • Deut 7:2
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    2And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:

  • Deut 19:1
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    1When the nations, whose land the Lord your God is giving you, have been cut off by him, and you have taken their place and are living in their towns and in their houses;

  • Num 31:17-19
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    17So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.

    18But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.

    19You yourselves will have to keep outside the tent-circle for seven days, anyone of you who has put any person to death or come near a dead body; and on the third day and on the seventh day make yourselves and your prisoners clean.

  • Judg 21:10-11
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    10So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

    11And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.

  • Deut 20:4
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    4For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

  • Josh 8:7
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    7Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.

  • Num 31:27
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    27And let division be made of it into two parts, one for the men of war who went out to the fight, and one for all the people:

  • Deut 24:5
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    5A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

  • Deut 25:11-12
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    11If two men are fighting, and the wife of one of them, coming to the help of her husband, takes the other by the private parts;

    12Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.

  • Deut 23:9
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    9When you go out to war and put your tents in position, keep from every evil thing.

  • Deut 29:11
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    11And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:

  • Num 31:2-3
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    2Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

    3So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.

  • 1 Sam 30:2
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    2And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.

  • Deut 6:19
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    19To send out from before you all those who are against you.

  • Num 32:21
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    21Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,

  • Josh 23:12
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    12For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:

  • Deut 12:29
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    29When the people of the land where you are going have been cut off before you by the Lord your God, and you have taken their land and are living in it;

  • Deut 21:9
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    9So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Josh 23:10
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    10One man of you is able to put to flight a thousand; for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you, as he has said to you.

  • Deut 12:10
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    10But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;

  • Deut 7:16
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    16And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.

  • Deut 3:18
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    18At that time I gave you orders, saying, The Lord has given you this land for your heritage: all the men of war are to go over armed before your brothers the children of Israel.

  • Josh 1:14
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    14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle will be kept here in the land which Moses gave you on this side of Jordan; but you, the fighting-men, are to go over before your brothers, armed, to give them help;

  • Deut 22:28
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    28If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;

  • 2 Chr 28:10
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    10And now your purpose is to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as men-servants and women-servants under your yoke: but are there no sins against the Lord your God to be seen among yourselves?

  • 1 Chr 5:22
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    22And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.