¹⁸ Then she said, “They used to say in former times, ‘Let them but ask counsel at ^(A)Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.

¹⁰ “When you draw near to a city to fight against it, ^(A)offer terms of peace to it. ¹¹ And if it responds to you peaceably and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall serve you.