Deuteronomy 20:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Deuteronomy 20:12

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.

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KJV

King James Version

And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

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WEB

World English Bible

If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Deuteronomy 20

¹⁰ When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.

¹¹ If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

¹² But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.

¹³ When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.

¹⁴ But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.

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