Deuteronomy 20:13

and your God YHWH has given it into your hand, and you have struck every male of it by the mouth of the sword.

Literal Standard Version

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

12And if it does not make peace with you, and has made war with you, then you have laid siege against it,

14Only, the women, and the infants, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you seize for yourself, and you have eaten the spoil of your enemies which your God YHWH has given to you.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:17And now, slay every male among the infants, indeed, slay every woman knowing a man by the lying of a male;

Psalms 2:6“And I have anointed My King, || On Zion—My holy hill.”

Psalms 110:1A PSALM OF DAVID. A declaration of YHWH to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand, || Until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

2 Thessalonians 1:7and to you who are troubled—rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from Heaven, with messengers of His power,

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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