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And when the officials have finished speaking[a] to the army troops, then they shall appoint commanders of divisions at the head of the troops.

10 “When you approach a city to fight against it, you must offer it peace.[b] 11 And then[c] if they accept your terms of peace[d] and they surrender to you,[e] and then[f] all the people inhabiting it[g] shall be forced labor for you, and they shall serve you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 20:9 Literally “it will happen as to finish the officials to speak”
  2. Deuteronomy 20:10 Literally “you should call it for peace”
  3. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “And it will happen”
  4. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “if peace they reply to you”
  5. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “they open to you”
  6. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “and it will happen”
  7. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “being found in it”