Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 20:13-18

13and when theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430delivereth itintoH3027thinehandבְּיָדֶ֑ךָbe.ya.De.khaH3027, thou shaltsmiteוְהִכִּיתָ֥ve.hi.ki.TaH5221everyכָּל־kol-H3605male thereof with theedgeלְפִי־le.fi-H6310of theswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719:

14but thewomenהַ֠נָּשִׁיםHa.na.shimH802, and thelittleוְהַטַּ֨ףve.ha.TafH2945onesH2945, and thecattleוְהַבְּהֵמָ֜הve.ha.be.he.MahH929, andallוְכֹל֩ve.KholH3605that is in thecityבָעִ֛ירva.'IrH5892,evenאֶת־'et-H853allכָּל־kol-H3605thespoilשְׁלָלָ֖הּshe.la.LahH7998thereof, shalt thoutakeH962for apreyH962unto thyself; and thou shalteatוְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ve.'a.khal.TaH398thespoilשְׁלַ֣לshe.LalH7998of thineenemiesאֹיְבֶ֔יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaH341,whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathgivenנָתַ֛ןna.TanH5414thee.

15Thusכֵּ֤ןkenH3651shalt thoudoתַּעֲשֶׂה֙ta.'a.SehH6213untoallלְכָל־le.kholH3605thecitiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892whichH834areveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966farH7350offH7350from thee,whichH834arenotלֹא־lo'-H3808of thecitiesמֵעָרֵ֥יme.'a.ReiH5892oftheseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428nationsהַגּֽוֹיִם־ha.go.yim-H1471.

16But of thecitiesמֵעָרֵ֤יme.'a.ReiH5892oftheseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428peoplesהָֽעַמִּים֙ha.'a.MimH5971,whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430giveth thee for aninheritanceנַחֲלָ֑הna.cha.LahH5159, thou shalt savealiveתְחַיֶּ֖הte.chai.YehH2421nothingלֹ֥אlo'H3808that breatheth:

17but thou shalt utterlydestroyH2763them; theHittiteהַחִתִּ֤יha.chi.TiH2850, and theAmoriteוְהָאֱמֹרִי֙ve.ha.'e.mo.RiH567, theCanaaniteהַכְּנַעֲנִ֣יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669, and thePerizziteוְהַפְּרִזִּ֔יve.hap.pe.ri.ZiH6522, theHiviteהַחִוִּ֖יha.chi.ViH2340, and theJebusiteוְהַיְבוּסִ֑יve.hay.vu.SiH2983; as theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃'e.lo.Hei.khaH430hathcommandedצִוְּךָ֖tzi.ve.KhaH6680thee:

18that theyteachיְלַמְּד֤וּye.la.me.DuH3925youאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808todoלַעֲשׂ֔וֹתla.'a.SotH6213afterallכְּכֹל֙ke.KholH3605theirabominationsתּֽוֹעֲבֹתָ֔םto.'a.vo.TamH8441,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834they havedoneעָשׂ֖וּ'a.SuH6213unto theirgodsלֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶ֑םle.lo.hei.HemH430;soלְמַ֗עַןle.Ma.'anH4616should yesinוַחֲטָאתֶ֖םva.cha.ta.TemH2398againstH2398theLORDלַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehH3068yourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ ס'e.lo.hei.KhemH430.

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