Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Deuteronomy
Chapter 20
1. WHEN thou goest out to
battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a
people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is
with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2. And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the
priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
3. And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto
battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do
not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
4. For the LORD you God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you
against your enemies, to save you.
5. And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, 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.
6. And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet
eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in
the battle, and another man eat of it.
7. And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken
her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle,
and another man take her.
8. And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall
say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and
return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his
heart.
9. And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto
the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the
people.
10. When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim
peace unto it.
11. And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto
thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall
be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
12. And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against
thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
13. And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou
shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
14. But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is
in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself;
and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God
hath given thee.
15. Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from
thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16. But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give
thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
17. But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the
Amorites, the Ca-na-an-ites, and the Pe-riz-zites, and the Jeb-u-sites;
as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
18. That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which
they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your
God.
19. When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it
to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe
against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them
down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the
siege.
20. Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat,
thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks
against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
Mar. 13 Daily
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