Deuteronomy 20:13
“And when the Lord thy God hath deliuered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite euery male thereof with the edge of the sword.”
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Deuteronomy 20:13 Context
11And it shall be, if it make thee answere of peace, and open vnto thee, then it shalbe that all the people that is found therein, shall be tributaries vnto thee, and they shall serue thee. 12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make warre against thee, then thou shalt besiege it. 13And when the Lord thy God hath deliuered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite euery male thereof with the edge of the sword. 14But the women, and the litle ones, and the cattell, and all that is in the citie, euen all the spoile thereof, shalt thou take vnto thy selfe, and thou shalt eate the spoile of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee. 15Thus shalt thou doe vnto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
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And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
- King James Version
"When the LORD your God gives it into your hand, you shall strike all the men in it with the edge of the sword.
- New American Standard Version (1995)