Deuteronomy 20:1 When you go forth3318 to battle4421 against your enemies,341 and see7200 horses,5483 chariots,7393 and a people5971 more7227 than you, you shall not be afraid3372 of them; for Yahweh3068 your God430 is with you, who brought you up5927 out of the land776 of Egypt.47142 It shall be, when you draw near7126 to the battle,4421 that the priest3548 shall approach5066 and speak1696 to the people,59713 and shall tell559 them, "Hear,8085 Israel,3478 you draw near7131 this day3117 to battle4421 against your enemies:341 don't let your heart3824 faint;7401 don't be afraid,3372 nor tremble,2648 neither be scared6206 of them;64404 for Yahweh3068 your God430 is he who goes1980 with you, to fight3898 for you against your enemies,341 to save3467 you."
Deuteronomy 20:5 The officers7860 shall speak1696 to the people,5971 saying,559 "What man376 is there who has built1129 a new2319 house,1004 and has not dedicated2596 it? Let him go3212 and return7725 to his house,1004 lest he die4191 in the battle,4421 and another312 man376 dedicate2596 it.
6 What man376 is there who has planted5193 a vineyard,3754 and has not used2490 its fruit? Let him go3212 and return7725 to his house,1004 lest he die4191 in the battle,4421 and another312 man376 use2490 its fruit.
7 What man376 is there who has pledged to be married781 a wife,802 and has not taken3947 her? Let him go3212 and return7725 to his house,1004 lest he die4191 in the battle,4421 and another312 man376 take3947 her."
8 The officers7860 shall speak1696 further3254 to the people,5971 and they shall say,559 "What man376 is there who is fearful3373 and fainthearted?7390 Let him go3212 and return7725 to his house,1004 lest his brother's251 heart3824 melt4549 as his heart."38249 It shall be, when the officers7860 have made an end3615 of speaking1696 to the people,5971 that they shall appoint6485 captains8269 of armies6635 at the head7218 of the people.5971
Deuteronomy 20:10 When you draw near7126 to a city5892 to fight3898 against it, then proclaim7121 peace7965 to it.
11 It shall be, if it makes you answer6030 of peace,7965 and opens6605 to you, then it shall be, that all the people5971 who are found4672 therein shall become tributary4522 to you, and shall serve5647 you.
12 If it will make no peace7999 with you, but will make6213 war4421 against you, then you shall besiege6696 it:
13 and when Yahweh3068 your God430 delivers5414 it into your hand,3027 you shall strike5221 every male2138 of it with the edge6310 of the sword:271914 but the women,802 and the little ones,2945 and the livestock,929 and all that is in the city,5892 even all its spoil,7998 you shall take962 for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat398 the spoil7998 of your enemies,341 which Yahweh3068 your God430 has given5414 you.
15 Thus you shall do6213 to all the cities5892 which are very3966 far off7350 from you, which2007 are not of the cities5892 of these nations.147116 But of the cities5892 of these peoples,5971 that Yahweh3068 your God430 gives5414 you for an inheritance,5159 you shall save alive2421 nothing that breathes;539717 but you shall utterly2763 destroy2763 them: the Hittite,2850 and the Amorite,567 the Canaanite,3669 and the Perizzite,6522 the Hivite,2340 and the Jebusite;2983 as Yahweh3068 your God430 has commanded6680 you;
18 that they not teach3925 you to do6213 after all their abominations,8441 which they have done6213 to their gods;430 so would you sin2398 against Yahweh3068 your God.43019 When you shall besiege6696 a city5892 a long7227 time,3117 in making war3898 against it to take8610 it, you shall not destroy7843 its trees6086 by wielding5080 an axe1631 against them; for you may eat398 of them, and you shall not cut them down;3772 for is the tree6086 of the field7704 man,120 that it should935 be besieged6440 of you?
20 Only the trees6086 of which you know3045 that they are not trees6086 for food,3978 you shall destroy7843 and cut them down;3772 and you shall build1129 bulwarks4692 against the city5892 that makes6213 war4421 with you, until it fall.3381