New American Standard Bible 1995
Deuteronomy 20:18-19
18so that they may not teach you to do 1according to all their detestable things which they have done for their gods, so that you would 2sin against the Lord your God.
19“When you besiege a city a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. 3For is the tree of the field a man, that it should 4be besieged by you?
Notes
- 1. Deuteronomy 20:18 Ex 34:12-16; Deut 7:4; 9:5; 12:30, 31 ↩
- 2. Deuteronomy 20:18 Ex 23:33; 2 Kin 21:3-15; Ps 106:34-41 ↩
- 3. Deuteronomy 20:19 Read as interrogative with ancient versions ↩
- 4. Deuteronomy 20:19 Lit come before you in the siege ↩
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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