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1 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. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the bat­tle, that the priest shall ap­proach and speak unto the peo­ple, 3 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; 4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your en­e­mies, to save you. 5 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. 6 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. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then pro­claim peace unto it. 11 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. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt be­siege it: 13 And when the LORD thy God hath de­liv­ered it into thine hands, 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 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. 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these na­tions. 16 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: 17 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: 18 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. 19 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: 20 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.