Deuteronomy 20:13

And when Hashem Eloheicha hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt strike every male thereof with the edge of the cherev;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 will make no shalom with thee, but engages in milchamah against thee, then thou shalt besiege it;

14But the nashim, and the little ones, and the behemah, and all that is in the town, even all the plunder thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the plunder of thine enemies Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:17Now therefore slaughter every zachar among the little ones, and kill every isha that hath known ish by lying with zachar.

Psalms 2:6I have set Malki (My King) 1 upon Tziyon, My Har Kodesh. 1

Psalms 110:1(Of Dovid. Mizmor) 1 Sit thou at My right hand, 1 until I make thine enemies 1 a footstool for thy feet. 1

2 Thessalonians 1:7And to recompense you, the ones suffering tzarah (tribulation), with revachah (relief) along with us at the Apocalypse of [Moshiach] Yehoshua Adoneinu from Shomayim with the malachim of his oz (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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