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Deuteronomy 20:19-20
New American Standard Bible 1995
Deuteronomy 20:19-20
New American Standard Bible 1995
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. [a]For is the tree of the field a man, that it should [b]be besieged by you? 20 Only the trees which you know [c]are not fruit trees you shall destroy and cut down, that you may construct siegeworks against the city that is making war with you until it falls.
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- Deuteronomy 20:19 Read as interrogative with ancient versions
- Deuteronomy 20:19 Lit come before you in the siege
- Deuteronomy 20:20 Lit they are not trees for food
Deuteronomy 20:19-20
New International Version
Deuteronomy 20:19-20
New International Version
19 When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit. Do not cut them down. Are the trees people, that you should besiege them?[a] 20 However, you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees(A) and use them to build siege works until the city at war with you falls.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 20:19 Or down to use in the siege, for the fruit trees are for the benefit of people.
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