Deuteronomy 20
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Deuteronomy 20:19-20

19Whenthou shalt besiegeacityעִיר֩'irH5892alongtime,inmakingH3772waragainstittotakeit, thou shaltnotdestroyתַשְׁחִ֤יתtash.ChitH7843thetreesעֵצָהּ֙'e.TzahH6086thereofbywieldingH8610anaxeגַּרְזֶ֔ןgar.ZenH1631againstthem;forthou mayesteatתֹאכֵ֔לto.KhelH398ofthem,andthou shaltnotcutתִכְרֹ֑תtikh.RotH3772themdownH3772;foristhetreeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086ofthefieldהַשָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.DehH7704manH120,thatitshouldbebesiegedofthee?
20Onlyרַ֞קrakH7535thetreesעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086ofwhichthou knowestthattheyarenottreesעֵ֤ץ'etzH6086forfoodמַאֲכָל֙ma.'a.KhalH3978, thou shaltdestroyתַשְׁחִ֖יתtash.ChitH7843andcutוְכָרָ֑תָּve.kha.Ra.taH3772themdownH3381;andthou shaltbuildוּבָנִ֣יתָu.va.Ni.taH1129bulwarksagainstthecityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892thatmakethwarמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421withthee,untilitfall.
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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain