New American Standard Bible 2020
Deuteronomy 20:18-19
18so that they will not teach you to do 12all the same detestable practices of theirs which they have done for their gods, 3by which you would 4sin against the Lord your God.
19“When you besiege a city for 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, so you shall not cut them down. For 5is the tree of the field a human, that it should 6be besieged by you?
Notes
- 1. Deuteronomy 20:18 Lit according to all the detestable ↩
- 2. Deuteronomy 20:18 Ex 34:12-16; Deut 7:4; 9:5; 12:30, 31 ↩
- 3. Deuteronomy 20:18 Lit and you would ↩
- 4. Deuteronomy 20:18 Ex 23:33; 2 Kin 21:3-15; Ps 106:34-41 ↩
- 5. Deuteronomy 20:19 Read as interrogative with ancient versions; MT the tree of the field is man ↩
- 6. 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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