Deuteronomy 20
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Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 20:19-20

19When thou shalt besiege acityעִיר֩'irH5892alongיָמִ֨יםya.MimH3117time, inmakingH3772waragainstעָלֶ֣יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921it totakeלָבֹ֥אla.Vo'H935it, thou shaltnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808destroyתַשְׁחִ֤יתtash.ChitH7843thetreesעֵצָהּ֙'e.TzahH6086thereof bywieldingלְתָפְשָׂ֗הּle.ta.fe.SahH8610anaxeגַּרְזֶ֔ןgar.ZenH1631againstעָלָיו֙'a.LavH5921them; for thou mayesteatתֹאכֵ֔לto.KhelH398of them, and thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808cutתִכְרֹ֑תtikh.RotH3772themdownH3772; for is thetreeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086of thefieldהַשָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.DehH7704manהָֽאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120, that it should bebesiegedבַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ba.ma.TzorH4692of thee?
20Onlyרַ֞קrakH7535thetreesעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086whichH834thou knowest that they benotלֹא־lo'-H3808treesעֵ֤ץ'etzH6086for meat, thou shaltdestroyתַשְׁחִ֖יתtash.ChitH7843andcutוְכָרָ֑תָּve.kha.Ra.taH3772themdownH3381; and thou shaltbuildוּבָנִ֣יתָu.va.Ni.taH1129bulwarksagainstעַל־'al-H5921thecityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892that makethwarמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421with thee,untilעַ֥ד'adH5704itfallH3381.
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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain