Deuteronomy 20:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`And if it doth not make peace with thee, and hath made with thee war, then thou hast laid siege against it,

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  • Deut 20:9-11
    3 verses
    87%

    9and it hath come to pass as the authorities finish to speak unto the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people.

    10`When thou drawest near unto a city to fight against it, then thou hast called unto it for Peace,

    11and it hath been, if Peace it answer thee, and hath opened to thee, then it hath come to pass -- all the people who are found in it are to thee for tributaries, and have served thee.

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    13and Jehovah thy God hath given it into thy hand, and thou hast smitten every male of it by the mouth of the sword.

    14Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee.

    15So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

    16`Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee `for' an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing;

    17for thou dost certainly devote the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee,

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    19`When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down -- for man's `is' the tree of the field -- to go in at thy presence in the siege.

    20Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it `is' not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it.

  • 52`And it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, till thy walls come down, the high and the fenced ones in which thou art trusting, in all thy land; yea, it hath laid siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee;

  • 10`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God hath given them into thy hand, and thou hast taken captive its captivity,

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    15`Thou dost surely smite the inhabitants of that city by the mouth of the sword; devoting it, and all that `is' in it, even its cattle, by the mouth of the sword;

    16and all its spoil thou dost gather unto the midst of its broad place, and hast burned with fire the city and all its spoil completely, before Jehovah thy God, and it hath been a heap age-during, it is not built any more;

  • 2and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and thou hast smitten them -- thou dost utterly devote them -- thou dost not make with them a covenant, nor dost thou favour them.

  • 9And a battering-ram before him he placeth against thy walls, And thy towers he breaketh by his weapons.

  • 20And Moses saith unto them, `If ye do this thing: if ye are armed before Jehovah for battle,

  • 2and hast placed against it a siege, and builded against it a fortification, and poured out against it a mount, and placed against it camps, yea, set thou against it battering-rams round about.

  • Deut 20:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot -- a people more numerous than thou -- thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God `is' with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt;

    2and it hath been, in your drawing near unto the battle, that the priest hath come nigh, and spoken unto the people,

  • 19to drive away all thine enemies from thy presence, as Jehovah hath spoken.

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    19there hath not been a city which made peace with the sons of Israel save the Hivite, inhabitants of Gibeon; the whole they have taken in battle;

    20for from Jehovah it hath been to strengthen their heart, to meet in battle with Israel, in order to devote them, so that they have no grace, but in order to destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

  • 43`Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side,

  • 7and ye rise from the ambush, and have occupied the city, and Jehovah your God hath given it into your hand;

  • 40And have caused an assembly to come up against thee, And stoned thee with stones, And thrust thee through with their swords,

  • 1`When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses,

  • 17and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you.

  • 20then, it hath been, if the king's fury ascend, and he hath said to thee, Wherefore did ye draw nigh unto the city to fight? did ye not know that they shoot from off the wall?

  • Deut 7:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16`And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it `is' to thee.

    17`When thou sayest in thine heart, These nations `are' more numerous than I, how am I able to dispossess them? --

  • 5And Jehovah hath given them before your face, and ye have done to them according to all the command which I have commanded you;

  • 29`When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations -- whither thou art going in to possess them -- from thy presence, and thou hast possessed them, and hast dwelt in their land --

  • 19and they have fought against thee, and they prevail not against thee; for with thee `am' I, -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- to deliver thee.

  • 3And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee -- a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks.

  • 12`When thou hearest, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to dwell there, `one' saying,

  • 20And I have made thee to this people For a wall -- brazen -- fenced, And they have fought against thee, And they do not prevail against thee, For with thee `am' I to save thee, And to deliver thee -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

  • 7`And ye have pursued your enemies, and they have fallen before you by the sword;

  • 18And he saith, `If for peace they have come out -- catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out -- alive catch them.'

  • 10`And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,

  • 6and if indeed there may be there the son of peace, rest on it shall your peace; and if not so, upon you it shall turn back.

  • 14Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.

  • 24and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

  • 17`Distress the Midianites, and ye have smitten them,

  • 4for Jehovah your God `is' He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies -- to save you.

  • 25`Jehovah giveth thee smitten before thine enemies; in one way thou goest out unto them, and in seven ways dost flee before them, and thou hast been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth;

  • 30and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.'

  • 14Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

  • 28and now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name hath been called upon it.'