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Deuteronomy 20:14-16
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 20:14-16
New English Translation
14 However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city—all its plunder—you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the Lord your God has given you. 15 This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.
Laws Concerning War with Canaanite Nations
16 As for the cities of these peoples that[a] the Lord your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing[b] to survive.
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- Deuteronomy 20:16 tn The antecedent of the relative pronoun is “cities.”
- Deuteronomy 20:16 tn Heb “any breath.”
Deuteronomy 20:14-16
New International Version
Deuteronomy 20:14-16
New International Version
14 As for the women, the children, the livestock(A) and everything else in the city,(B) you may take these as plunder(C) 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(D) from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
16 However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.(E)
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