Deuteronomy 20:15

So shall you do to all the cities which are at a great distance from you, those which are not among the cities that you shall receive as a possession.

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In The 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.

In Context

14but not the women and young children, nor the cattle and the other things that are within the city. And you shall divide all the plunder to the soldiers, and you shall eat the spoils from your enemies, which the Lord your God will give to you.

16But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.

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Cross References

Joshua 9:9They responded: “Your servants have arrived, from a very far away land, in the name of the Lord, your God. For we have heard about the fame of his power, all the things that he has done in Egypt,

Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my precepts, and I revealed to them my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 20:11-20

Proclamations of War; Directions Concerning War. ( b. c. 1451.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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