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11 And then[a] if they accept your terms of peace[b] and they surrender to you,[c] and then[d] all the people inhabiting it[e] shall be forced labor for you, and they shall serve you. 12 But if they do not accept your terms of peace[f] and they want to make war with you, then you shall lay siege against it.[g] 13 And Yahweh your God will give it into your hand, and you shall kill all its males with the edge[h] of the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “And it will happen”
  2. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “if peace they reply to you”
  3. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “they open to you”
  4. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “and it will happen”
  5. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “being found in it”
  6. Deuteronomy 20:12 Literally “not they make peace with you”
  7. Deuteronomy 20:12 That is, the city
  8. Deuteronomy 20:13 Literally “mouth”

11 If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject(A) to forced labor(B) and shall work for you. 12 If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. 13 When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it.(C)

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