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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Deuteronomy 20:15

Thus, shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far away from thee, - which are not of the cities of those nations.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - War;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   War;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Alms;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Anathema;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Captives;   War;  

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
English Standard Version
Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not cities of the nations here.
American Standard Version
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Bible in Basic English
So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations.
Complete Jewish Bible
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
King James Version (1611)
Thus shalt thou doe vnto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Amplified Bible
"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].
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
English Revised Version
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Berean Standard Bible
This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
Lexham English Bible
Thus you shall do to all the far cities from you, which are not from the cities of these nations located nearby.
Literal Translation
So you shall do to all the cities very far away from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
New Century Version
Do this to all the cities that are far away, that do not belong to the nations nearby.
New English Translation
This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.
New King James Version
Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
New Living Translation
"But these instructions apply only to distant towns, not to the towns of the nations in the land you will enter.
New Life Bible
Do this to all the cities that are very far from you and are not of the cities of the nations that are near.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Good News Translation
That is how you are to deal with those cities that are far away from the land you will settle in.
New American Standard Bible
"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.
King James Version
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Darby Translation
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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.
Young's Literal Translation
So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
World English Bible
Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Revised Standard Version
Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not cities of the nations here.
Update Bible Version
Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus shalt thou do to all the cities [which are] very distant from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these nations.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
Christian Standard Bible®
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities, that are very farre from the, and are not of the cities of these nacions.
New Revised Standard
Thus you shall treat all the towns that are very far from you, which are not towns of the nations here.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations nearby.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations nearby.

Contextual Overview

10 When thou shalt come nigh unto a city, to fight against it, - then shalt thou proclaim unto it - peace, 11 and it shall be if peace, be the answer it giveth thee, and it open unto thee, then shall it be, that, all the people that are found therein, shall become thy tributaries and shall serve thee. 12 But if it will not make peace with thee, but will make war with thee, then shalt thou lay siege to it; 13 and Yahweh thy God will deliver it into thy hand, - and thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword; 14 but the women and the little ones and the cattle and all that shall be in the city - all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take as thy prey, - so shalt thou eat the spoil of thine enemies, whom Yahweh thy God hath delivered unto thee. 15 Thus, shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far away from thee, - which are not of the cities of those nations. 16 But of the cities of these peoples which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance, shalt thou not save alive, any breathing thing. 17 But thou shalt devote them to destruction - the Hittites and the Amorites the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, - as Yahweh thy God hath commanded thee: 18 lest they teach you to do, according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods, - and so ye sin against Yahweh your God. 19 When thou shalt besiege a city for many days to fight against it, to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding against them an axe, when of them, thou mightest eat, them, there-fore shalt thou not cut down, - for, Is the tree of the field, a man, that it should enter, because of thee into the siege?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Joshua 9:9 - From a Joshua 9:24 - the Lord Ezekiel 20:11 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 13:9
Is not, all the land, before thee? I pray thee, separate thyself from me, - if to the left hand, then I will go to the right, if to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Genesis 34:10
And with us, stroll ye dwell, - and, the land, shall be before you, tarry, and go through it, and get possessions therein.
Genesis 47:6
The land of Egypt, is, before thee, in the best of the land, cause thou thy father and thy brethren to dwell, - let them dwell in the land of Goshen, And if thou knowest that there are among them men of ability, then shalt thou set them as chieftains of cattle over mine.

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.


 
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