Deuteronomy 20:15
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Deuteronomy 20:15 in other translations
| BSB | This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby. |
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| WEB | Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. |
| ASV | Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. |
| YLT | So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. |
| DARBY | Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. |
| BBE | So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations. |
| Webster | Thus shalt thou do to all the cities which are very distant from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. |
What does Deuteronomy 20:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 20:10-20
10-20. When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it--An important principle is here introduced into the war law of Israel regarding the people they fought against and the cities they besieged. With "the cities of those people which God doth give thee" in Canaan, it was to be a war of utter extermination (De 20:17, 18). But when on a just occasion, they went against other…
Deuteronomy 20:15 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Deuteronomy 20:14
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
- Deuteronomy 20:15
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
- Deuteronomy 20:16
But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
Deuteronomy 20:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así harás á todas las ciudades que estuvieren muy lejos de ti, que no fueren de las ciudades de estas gentes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | C’est ainsi que tu feras à toutes les villes qui sont très éloignées de toi, qui ne sont point des villes de ces nations-ci; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Also sollst du allen Städten tun, die sehr fern von dir sind, die nicht sind von den Städten dieser Nationen hier. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sic facies cunctis civitatibus, quæ a te procul valde sunt, et non sunt de his urbibus, quas in possessionem accepturus es. |