13 When the Lord your God gives it into your hand, (A)you shall strike all the [a]men in it with the edge of the sword. 14 However, the women, the children, (B)the animals, and everything that is in the city, all of its spoils, you shall take as plunder for yourself; and you shall [b]use the spoils of your enemies which the Lord your God has given you. 15 This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations [c]nearby.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 20:13 Lit males
  2. Deuteronomy 20:14 Lit eat
  3. Deuteronomy 20:15 Lit here

13 When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it.(A) 14 As for the women, the children, the livestock(B) and everything else in the city,(C) you may take these as plunder(D) for yourselves. And you may use the plunder the Lord your God gives you from your enemies. 15 This is how you are to treat all the cities that are at a distance(E) from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.

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