Deut.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.
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When you go to war against your enemy and see horses and chariots and soldiers far outnumbering you, do not recoil in fear of them; GOD, your God, who brought you up out of Egypt is with you.
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When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you.
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"When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
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"When you go out to fight your enemies and you face horses and chariots and an army greater than your own, do not be afraid. The LORD your God, who brought you safely out of Egypt, is with you!
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And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
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When the battle is about to begin, let the priest come forward and speak to the troops.
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When you are about to go into battle, the priest shall come forward and address the army.
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So it shall be, when you are on the verge of battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people.
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Before you go into battle, the priest will come forward to speak with the troops.
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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;
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He'll say, "Attention, Israel. In a few minutes you're going to do battle with your enemies. Don't waver in resolve. Don't fear. Don't hesitate. Don't panic.
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He shall say: "Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle against your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be terrified or give way to panic before them.
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And he shall say to them, "Hear, O Israel: Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them;
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He will say, `Listen to me, all you men of Israel! Do not be afraid as you go out to fight today! Do not lose heart or panic.
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For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
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GOD, your God, is right there with you, fighting with you against your enemies, fighting to win."
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For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory."
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for the LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'
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For the LORD your God is going with you! He will fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you victory!'
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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.
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Then let the officers step up and speak to the troops: "Is there a man here who has built a new house but hasn't yet dedicated it? Let him go home right now lest he die in battle and another man dedicate it.
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The officers shall say to the army: "Has anyone built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else may dedicate it.
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"Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying: "What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.
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"Then the officers of the army will address the troops and say, `Has anyone just built a new house but not yet dedicated it? If so, go home! You might be killed in the battle, and someone else would dedicate your house!
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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.
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And is there a man here who has planted a vineyard but hasn't yet enjoyed the grapes? Let him go home right now lest he die in battle and another man enjoy the grapes.
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Has anyone planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else enjoy it.
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Also what man is there who has planted a vineyard and has not eaten of it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it.
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Has anyone just planted a vineyard but not yet eaten any of its fruit? If so, go home! You might die in battle, and someone else would eat from it!
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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.
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Is there a man here engaged to marry who hasn't yet taken his wife? Let him go home right now lest he die in battle and another man take her."
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Has anyone become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else marry her."
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And what man is there who is betrothed to a woman and has not married her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man marry her.'
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Has anyone just become engaged? Well, go home and get married! You might die in the battle, and someone else would marry your fiance.'
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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.
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The officers will then continue, "And is there a man here who is wavering in resolve and afraid? Let him go home right now so that he doesn't infect his fellows with his timidity and cowardly spirit."
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Then the officers shall add, "Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his brothers will not become disheartened too."
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"The officers shall speak further to the people, and say, "What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest the heart of his brethren faint like his heart.'
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Then the officers will also say, `Is anyone terrified? If you are, go home before you frighten anyone else.'
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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.
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When the officers have finished speaking to the troops, let them appoint commanders of the troops who shall muster them by units.
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When the officers have finished speaking to the army, they shall appoint commanders over it.
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And so it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
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When the officers have finished saying this to their troops, they will announce the names of the unit commanders.
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When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
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When you come up against a city to attack it, call out, "Peace?"
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When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace.
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"When you go near a city to fight against it, then proclaim an offer of peace to it.
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"As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace.
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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.
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If they answer, "Yes, peace!" and open the city to you, then everyone found there will be conscripted as forced laborers and work for you.
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If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you.
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And it shall be that if they accept your offer of peace, and open to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be placed under tribute to you, and serve you.
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If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor.
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And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
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But if they don't settle for peace and insist on war, then go ahead and attack.
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If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city.
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Now if the city will not make peace with you, but war against you, then you shall besiege it.
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But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town.
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And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
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GOD, your God, will give them to you. Kill all the men with your swords.
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When the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it.
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And when the LORD your God delivers it into your hands, you shall strike every male in it with the edge of the sword.
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When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town.
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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.
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But don't kill the women and children and animals. Everything inside the town you can take as plunder for you to use and eat--GOD, your God, gives it to you.
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As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves. And you may use the plunder the LORD your God gives you from your enemies.
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But the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall plunder for yourself; and you shall eat the enemies' plunder which the LORD your God gives you.
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But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
Deut.20.15
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
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This is the way you deal with the distant towns, the towns that don't belong to the nations at hand.
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This is how you are to treat all the cities that are at a distance from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
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Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
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But these instructions apply only to distant towns, not to the towns of nations nearby.
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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:
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But with the towns of the people that GOD, your God, is giving you as an inheritance, it's different: don't leave anyone alive.
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However, in the cities of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.
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"But of the cities of these peoples which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall let nothing that breathes remain alive,
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"As for the towns of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession, destroy every living thing in them.
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But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
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Consign them to holy destruction: the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, obeying the command of GOD, your God.
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Completely destroy them-the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites-as the LORD your God has commanded you.
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but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the LORD your God has commanded you,
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You must completely destroy the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, just as the LORD your God has commanded you.
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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.
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This is so there won't be any of them left to teach you to practice the abominations that they engage in with their gods and you end up sinning against GOD, your God.
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Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods, and you will sin against the LORD your God.
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lest they teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for their gods, and you sin against the LORD your God.
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This will keep the people of the land from teaching you their detestable customs in the worship of their gods, which would cause you to sin deeply against the LORD your God.
Deut.20.19
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:
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When you mount an attack on a town and the siege goes on a long time, don't start cutting down the trees, swinging your axes against them. Those trees are your future food; don't cut them down. Are trees soldiers who come against you with weapons?
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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 of the field people, that you should besiege them?
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"When you besiege a city for a long time, while making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; if you can eat of them, do not cut them down to use in the siege, for the tree of the field is man's food.
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"When you are besieging a town and the war drags on, do not destroy the trees. Eat the fruit, but do not cut down the trees. They are not enemies that need to be attacked!
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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.
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The exception can be those trees which don't produce food; you can chop them down and use the timbers to build siege engines against the town that is resisting you until it falls. [JC]
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However, you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build siege works until the city at war with you falls.
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Only the trees which you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, to build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it is subdued.
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But you may cut down trees that you know are not valuable for food. Use them to make the equipment you need to besiege the town until it falls.
