Deuteronomy 20:12

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

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  • Deut 20:9-11
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    9And it shall be, when the officers have ma an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

    10When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

    11And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

  • Deut 20:13-17
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    13And when the LORD thy God hath livered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

    14But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

    15Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

    16But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

    17But thou shalt utterly stroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath command thee:

  • Deut 20:19-20
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    19When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not stroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe 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:

    20Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt stroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

  • Deut 28:52
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    52And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

  • Deut 21:10
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    10When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath livered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

  • Deut 13:15-16
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    15Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, stroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

    16And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

  • Deut 7:2
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    2And when the LORD thy God shall liver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly stroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

  • Ezek 26:9
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    9And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

  • Num 32:20
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    20And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

  • Ezek 4:2
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    2And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

  • Deut 20:1-2
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    1When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

    2And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

  • Deut 6:19
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    19To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

  • Josh 11:19-20
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    19There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.

    20For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Luke 19:43
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    43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

  • Josh 8:7
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    7Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

  • Ezek 16:40
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    40They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

  • Deut 19:1
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    1When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;

  • Lev 26:17
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    17And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall fe when none pursueth you.

  • 2 Sam 11:20
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    20And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

  • Deut 7:16-17
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    16And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall liver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

    17If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

  • Deut 31:5
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    5And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have command you.

  • Deut 12:29
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    29When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeest them, and dwellest in their land;

  • Jer 1:19
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    19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

  • Isa 29:3
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    3And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

  • Deut 13:12
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    12If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

  • Jer 15:20
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    20And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

  • Lev 26:7
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    7And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

  • 1 Kgs 20:18
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    18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
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    10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

  • Luke 10:6
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    6And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

  • Nah 3:14
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    14Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

  • Exod 22:24
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    24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

  • Num 25:17
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    17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

  • Deut 20:4
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    4For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

  • Deut 28:25
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    25The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Num 32:30
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    30But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

  • Exod 14:14
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    14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

  • 2 Sam 12:28
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    28Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.