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Deuteronomy 20:10-15

10Whenthou approachest untoacityעִ֔יר'IrH5892tofightלְהִלָּחֵ֖םle.hi.la.ChemH3898againstit, thou shaltproclaimוְקָרָ֥אתָve.ka.Ra.taH7121peaceלְשָׁלֽוֹם׃le.sha.LomH7965untoit.

11AnditshallbeH1961,ifitmaketheeanswerתַּֽעַנְךָ֔ta.'an.KhaH6030ofpeaceשָׁל֣וֹםsha.LomH7965,andopenוּפָתְחָ֖הu.fa.te.ChahH6605unto thee,thenallthepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971thatareH1961foundH4672therein shallbeH1961tributaries unto thee,andtheyshallserveוַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃va.'a.va.Du.khaH5647thee.

12Andifitwillnotmakeוְעָשְׂתָ֥הve.'a.se.TahH6213peacewiththee,butwillmakeH6213warמִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahH4421withthee,thenthou shalt besiegeit;

13andwhenJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430deliverethitintothyhandבְּיָדֶ֑ךָbe.ya.De.khaH3027, thou shaltsmiteeverymale thereofwiththeedgeoftheswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719:

14onlyרַ֣קrakH7535thewomenH802,andthelittleוְהַטַּ֨ףve.ha.TafH2945onesH2945,andthecattleH929,andallthatshallbeיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961inthecityבָעִ֛ירva.'IrH5892,allthespoilH7998thereof, shalt thoutakeH962asbootyH7998forthyself;andthou shalteatH398thespoilH7998ofthineenemiesאֹיְבֶ֔יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaH341,whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee

15Thusכֵּ֤ןkenH3651shalt thoudountoallthecitiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892thatareveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966farH7350offfromthee,whicharenotofthecitiesמֵעָרֵ֥יme.'a.ReiH5892ofthesenationsהַגּֽוֹיִם־ha.go.yim-H1471.

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