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Deut 20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

והי֕ה כקֽרבכ֖ם אל־המלחמ֑ה ונג֥ש הכה֖ן ודב֥ר אל־העֽם׃

Deut 20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

ואמ֤ר אלהם֙ שמ֣ע ישרא֔ל את֨ם קרב֥ים הי֛ום למלחמ֖ה על־איביכ֑ם אל־יר֣ך לבבכ֗ם אל־תֽירא֧ו ואֽל־תחפז֛ו ואל־תֽערצ֖ו מפניהֽם׃

Deut 20:3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

כ֚י יהו֣ה אלֽהיכ֔ם ההל֖ך עמכ֑ם להלח֥ם לכ֛ם עם־איביכ֖ם להוש֥יע אתכֽם׃

Deut 20:4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

ודבר֣ו השֽטרים֘ אל־הע֣ם לאמר֒ מֽי־הא֞יש אש֨ר בנ֤ה בֽית־חדש֙ ול֣א חנכ֔ו יל֖ך ויש֣ב לבית֑ו פן־ימות֙ במלחמ֔ה וא֥יש אח֖ר יחנכֽנו׃

Deut 20:5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

ומֽי־הא֞יש אשר־נט֥ע כ֙רם֙ ול֣א חלל֔ו יל֖ך ויש֣ב לבית֑ו פן־ימות֙ במלחמ֔ה וא֥יש אח֖ר יחללֽנו׃

Deut 20:6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

ומֽי־הא֞יש אשר־אר֤ש אשה֙ ול֣א לקח֔ה יל֖ך ויש֣ב לבית֑ו פן־ימות֙ במלחמ֔ה וא֥יש אח֖ר יקחֽנה׃

Deut 20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

ויספ֣ו השטרים֘ לדב֣ר אל־העם֒ ואמר֗ו מי־הא֤יש הירא֙ ור֣ך הלב֔ב יל֖ך ויש֣ב לבית֑ו ול֥א ימ֛ס את־לב֥ב אח֖יו כלבבֽו׃

Deut 20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

והי֛ה ככל֥ת השטר֖ים לדב֣ר אל־הע֑ם ופ֥קד֛ו שר֥י צבא֖ות בר֥אש העֽם׃

Deut 20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

כֽי־תקר֣ב אל־ע֔יר להלח֖ם על֑יה וקר֥את אל֖יה לשלֽום׃

Deut 20:10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

והיה֙ אם־של֣ום תֽענך֔ ופתח֖ה ל֑ך והי֞ה כל־הע֣ם הנמצא־ב֗ה יהי֥ו לך֛ למ֖ס ועבדֽוך׃

Deut 20:11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

ואם־ל֤א תשלים֙ עמ֔ך ועשת֥ה עמך֖ מלחמ֑ה וצרת֖ עלֽיה׃

Deut 20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

ונתנ֛ה יהו֥ה אלה֖יך ביד֑ך והכית֥ את־כל־זכור֖ה לפי־חֽרב׃

Deut 20:13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

ר֣ק ה֠נשים והט֨ף והבהמ֜ה וכל֩ אש֨ר יהי֥ה בע֛יר כל־שלל֖ה תב֣ז ל֑ך ואֽכלת֙ את־של֣ל איב֔יך אש֥ר נת֛ן יהו֥ה אלה֖יך לֽך׃

Deut 20:14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

כ֤ן תעשה֙ לכל־ה֣ער֔ים הרחק֥ת ממך֖ מא֑ד אש֛ר לא־מער֥י הגֽוים־הא֖לה הֽנה׃

Deut 20:15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

ר֗ק מער֤י הֽעמים֙ הא֔לה אשר֙ יהו֣ה אלה֔יך נת֥ן לך֖ נחל֑ה ל֥א תחי֖ה כל־נשמֽה׃

Deut 20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

כֽי־החר֣ם תחרימ֗ם החת֤י והאמרי֙ הכנענ֣י והפרז֔י החו֖י והיבוס֑י כאש֥ר צוך֖ יהו֥ה אלהֽיך׃

Deut 20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:

למ֗ען אש֨ר לֽא־ילמד֤ו אתכם֙ לעש֔ות ככל֙ תֽועבת֔ם אש֥ר עש֖ו לֽאלהיה֑ם וחטאת֖ם ליהו֥ה אלהיכֽם׃

Deut 20:18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

כֽי־תצ֣ור אל־עיר֩ ימ֨ים רב֜ים לֽהלח֧ם על֣יה לתפש֗ה לֽא־תשח֤ית את־עצה֙ לנד֤ח עליו֙ גרז֔ן כ֚י ממ֣נו תאכ֔ל ואת֖ו ל֣א תכר֑ת כ֤י הֽאדם֙ ע֣ץ השד֔ה לב֥א מפנ֖יך במצֽור׃

Deut 20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:

ר֞ק ע֣ץ אשר־תד֗ע כֽי־לא־ע֤ץ מאכל֙ ה֔וא את֥ו תשח֖ית וכר֑ת ובנ֣ית מצ֗ור על־העיר֙ אשר־ה֨וא עש֧ה עמך֛ מלחמ֖ה ע֥ד רדתֽה׃

Deut 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

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