Deuteronomy 20:13

Once the Lord your God has handed it over to you, kill every male with the sword.

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In The King James Version

And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

In Context

12However, if they refuse to make peace with you and decide to fight you, then lay siege to the town.

14But you can take as plunder the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the town. You can take and use all your enemies' possessions the Lord your God gives you.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:17So go and kill all the boys, and every woman who has slept with a man.

Psalms 2:6“It is I who placed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

Psalms 110:1The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for you.”

2 Thessalonians 1:7He will free you from your suffering—and us too—when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels,

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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