the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Green's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 20:15
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Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not cities of the nations here.
Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Do this to all the cities that are far away, that do not belong to the nations nearby.
This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.
Thus shalt thou do to all the cities [which are] very distant from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these nations.
Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
"That is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far away from you, which are not among the cities of these nations nearby [which you are to dispossess].
Thus thou schalt do to alle the citees, that ben ful fer fro thee, and ben not of these citees which thou schalt take in to possessioun.
So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations.
Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities which are a great way of from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
This is what you are to do to all the towns which are at a great distance from you, which are not the towns of these nations.
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
That is what you must do to all the cities that are very far from you—the cities that are not in the land where you will live.
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Thus shalt thou doe vnto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Do this to all the cities that are very far from you and are not of the cities of the nations that are near.
Thus you shall treat all the towns that are very far from you, which are not towns of the nations here.
Thus, shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far away from thee, - which are not of the cities of those nations.
Thus shalt thou do vnto all ye cities, which are a great way off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations here.
Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
That is how you are to deal with those cities that are far away from the land you will settle in.
So shalt thou do to all cities that are at a great distance from thee, and are not of these cities which thou shalt receive in possession.
Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not cities of the nations here.
Thus shalt thou do to all the cities that are very far off from thee, not being of the cities of these nations which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit their land.
This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and are not among the cities of these nations.
Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Thus you shall do to all the far cities from you, which are not from the cities of these nations located nearby.
Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities, that are very farre from the, and are not of the cities of these nacions.
"This is what you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations nearby.
Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
"But these instructions apply only to distant towns, not to the towns of the nations in the land you will enter.
"Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations nearby.
Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations nearby.
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Reciprocal: Joshua 9:9 - From a Joshua 9:24 - the Lord Ezekiel 20:11 - which
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Is not all the land before you? Please separate from me. If you go to the left, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.
And live with us, and the land is before you; live and trade in it, and get property in it.
The land of Egypt is before you; cause your father and your brothers to live in the best of the land; let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know men of ability among them,make them chiefs of livestock over what
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee,.... As all such were reckoned that were without the land of Israel, even all in their neighbouring nations, the Moabites, Edomites, Ammonites, Syrians, c. for the children of Israel never went to war with any very distant nations, unless they came unto them and invaded them nor did they seek to carry their conquests to any great distance, when the most powerful and victorious, as in the days of David and Solomon:
which are not of the cities of these nations; of these seven nations, as the Targum of Jonathan, the seven nations of the land of Canaan; all that were not of them were accounted foreign cities, and at a distance.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Directions intended to prevent wanton destruction of life and property in sieges.
Deuteronomy 20:16
Forbearance, however, was not to be shown toward the Canaanite nations, which were to be utterly exterminated (compare Deuteronomy 7:1-4). The command did not apply to beasts as well as men (compare Joshua 11:11, Joshua 11:14).
Deuteronomy 20:19
The parenthesis may he more literally rendered “for man is a tree of the field,” i. e., has his life from the tree of the field, is supported in life by it (compare Deuteronomy 24:6). The Egyptians seem invariably to have cut down the fruit-trees in war.