Deuteronomy 20
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Deuteronomy 20:19-20

19“WhenH3588 you besiegeH6696 a cityH5892 for a longH7227 timeH3117, to makeH3898 warH3898 againstH5921 it in order to captureH8610 it, you shall not destroyH7843 its treesH6086 by swingingH5080 an axeH1631 againstH5921 them; for you may eatH398 from them, so you shall not cutH3772 them downH3772. For 1is the treeH6086 of the fieldH7704 a humanH120, that it should 2be besiegedH4692 by you?

20OnlyH7534 the treesH6086 that you knowH3045 3are not fruitH3978 treesH6086 you shall destroyH7843 and cutH3772 downH3772, so that you may constructH1129 siegeworksH4692 againstH5921 the cityH5892 that is makingH6213 warH4421 againstH5973 you untilH5704 it fallsH3381.

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Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 20:19 Read as interrogative with ancient versions; MT the tree of the field is man ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 20:19 Lit come before you in the siege ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 20:20 Lit that it is not a tree of food ↩

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