Deuteronomy 20:12
“And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make warre against thee, then thou shalt besiege it.”
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Deuteronomy 20:12 Context
10¶ When thou commest nigh vnto a City to fight against it, then proclaime peace vnto it. 11And it shall be, if it make thee answere of peace, and open vnto thee, then it shalbe that all the people that is found therein, shall be tributaries vnto thee, and they shall serue thee. 12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make warre against thee, then thou shalt besiege it. 13And when the Lord thy God hath deliuered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite euery male thereof with the edge of the sword. 14But the women, and the litle ones, and the cattell, and all that is in the citie, euen all the spoile thereof, shalt thou take vnto thy selfe, and thou shalt eate the spoile of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee.
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And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
- King James Version
"However, if it does not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
- American Standard Version (1901)
If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:
- Basic English Bible
And if it will not make peace with thee, but will make war with thee, then thou shalt besiege it;
- Darby Bible
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
- Webster's Bible
If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:
- World English Bible
`And if it doth not make peace with thee, and hath made with thee war, then thou hast laid siege against it,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it.
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