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
.
And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle
, that the priest
shall approach
and speak
unto the people
,
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;
For the LORD your God
is he that goeth
with you, to fight
for you against your enemies
, to save
you.
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.
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.
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.
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
.
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
.
When thou comest nigh unto a city
to fight
against it, then proclaim
peace
unto it.
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.
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make
war
against thee, then thou shalt besiege
it:
And when the LORD thy God
hath delivered
it into thine hands
, thou shalt smite
every male
thereof with the edge
of the sword
:
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.
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities
which are very
far off
from thee, which
are not of the cities
of these nations
.
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
:
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:
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
.
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
:
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
.