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| Deuteronomy 20:1 | If thou go out to war against thy enemies, and see horsemen and chariots, and the numbers of the enemy's army greater than thine, thou shalt not fear them: because the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt. | `When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot a people more numerous than thou thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God [is] with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt; | When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt. |
| Deuteronomy 20:2 | And when the battle is now at hand, the priest shall stand before the army, and shall speak to the people in this manner: | and it hath been, in your drawing near unto the battle, that the priest hath come nigh, and spoken unto the people, | And when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people, |
| Deuteronomy 20:3 | Hear, O Israel, you join battle this day against your enemies, let not your heart be dismayed, be not afraid, do not give back, fear ye them not: | and said unto them, Hear, Israel, ye are drawing near to-day to battle against your enemies, let not your hearts be tender, fear not, nor make haste, nor be terrified at their presence, | Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you; |
| Deuteronomy 20:4 | Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger. | for Jehovah your God [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies to save you. | For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you. |
| Deuteronomy 20:5 | And the captains shall proclaim through every band in the hearing of the army: What man is there, that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. | `And the authorities have spoken unto the people, saying, Who [is] the man that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man dedicate it. | And let the overseers say to the people, If there is any man who has made for himself a new house and has not gone into it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not take his house for himself. |
| Deuteronomy 20:6 | What man is there, that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not as yet made it to be common, whereof all men may eat? let him go, and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man execute his office. | `And who [is] the man that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not made it common? let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man make it common. | Or if any man has made a vine-garden without taking the first-fruits of it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not be the first to make use of the fruit. |
| Deuteronomy 20:7 | What man is there, that hath espoused a wife, and not taken her? let him go, and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man take her. | `And who [is] the man that hath betrothed a woman, and hath not taken her? let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man take her. | Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her. |
| Deuteronomy 20:8 | After these things are declared they shall add the rest, and shall speak to the people: What man is there that is fearful, and faint hearted? let him go, and return to his house, lest he make the hearts of his brethren to fear, as he himself is possessed with fear. | `And the authorities have added to speak unto the people, and said, Who [is] the man that is afraid and tender of heart? let him go and turn back to his house, and the heart of his brethren doth not melt like his heart; | And let the overseers go on to say to the people, If there is any man whose heart is feeble with fear, let him go back to his house before he makes the hearts of his countrymen feeble. |
| Deuteronomy 20:9 | And when the captains of the army shall hold their peace, and have made an end of speaking, every man shall prepare their bands to fight. | and it hath come to pass as the authorities finish to speak unto the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people. | Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army. |
| Deuteronomy 20:10 | If at any time thou come to fight against a city, thou shalt first offer it peace. | `When thou drawest near unto a city to fight against it, then thou hast called unto it for Peace, | When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace. |
| Deuteronomy 20:11 | If they receive it, and open the gates to thee, all the people that are therein, shall be saved, and shall serve thee paying tribute. | and it hath been, if Peace it answer thee, and hath opened to thee, then it hath come to pass all the people who are found in it are to thee for tributaries, and have served thee. | And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants. |
| Deuteronomy 20:12 | But if they will not make peace, and shall begin war against thee, thou shalt besiege it. | `And if it doth not make peace with thee, and hath made with thee war, then thou hast laid siege against it, | If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides: |
| Deuteronomy 20:13 | And when the Lord thy God shall deliver it into thy bands, thou shalt slay all that are therein of the male sex, with the edge of the sword, | and Jehovah thy God hath given it into thy hand, and thou hast smitten every male of it by the mouth of the sword. | And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy. |
| Deuteronomy 20:14 | Excepting women and children, cattle and other things, that are in the city. And thou shalt divide all the prey to the army, and thou shalt eat the spoils of thy enemies, which the Lord thy God shall give thee. | Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee. | But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food. |
| Deuteronomy 20:15 | So shalt thou do to all cities that are at a great distance from thee, and are not of these cities which thou shalt receive in possession. | So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. | So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations. |
| Deuteronomy 20:16 | But of those cities that shall be given thee, thou shalt suffer none at all to live: | `Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee [for] an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing; | But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death: |
| Deuteronomy 20:17 | But shalt kill them with the edge of the sword, to wit, the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Chanaanite, the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee: | for thou dost certainly devote the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, | Give them up to the curse; the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord your God has given you orders: |
| Deuteronomy 20:18 | Lest they teach you to do all the abominations which they have done to their gods: and you should sin against the Lord your God. | so that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations which they have done to their gods, and ye have sinned against Jehovah your God. | So that you may not take them as your example and do all the disgusting things which they do in the worship of their gods, so sinning against the Lord your God. |
| Deuteronomy 20:19 | When thou hast besieged a city a long time, and hath compassed it with bulwarks to take it, thou shalt not cut down the trees that may be eaten of, neither shalt thou spoil the country round about with axes: for it is a tree, and not a man, neither can it increase the number of them that fight against thee. | `When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down for man`s [is] the tree of the field to go in at thy presence in the siege. | If in war a town is shut in by your armies for a long time, do not let its trees be cut down and made waste; for their fruit will be your food; are the trees of the countryside men for you to take up arms against them? |
| Deuteronomy 20:20 | But if there be any trees that are not fruitful, but wild, and fit for other uses, cut them down, and make engines, until thou take the city, which fighteth against thee. | Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it [is] not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it. | Only those trees which you are certain are not used for food may be cut down and put to destruction: and you are to make walls of attack against the town till it is taken. |
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