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Deuteronomy 20:17-19
New American Standard Bible 1995
Deuteronomy 20:17-19
New American Standard Bible 1995
17 But you shall [a]utterly destroy them, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, as the Lord your God has commanded you, 18 so that they may not teach you to do (A)according to all their detestable things which they have done for their gods, so that you would (B)sin against the Lord your God.
19 “When you besiege a city a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. [b]For is the tree of the field a man, that it should [c]be besieged by you?
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- Deuteronomy 20:17 Or put them under the ban
- Deuteronomy 20:19 Read as interrogative with ancient versions
- Deuteronomy 20:19 Lit come before you in the siege
New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)
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