20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thy enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, {and} a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God {is} with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thy enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, {and} a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God {is} with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

20:2 And it shall be when ye are come nigh to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

20:3 And shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day to battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
20:3 And shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day to battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

20:4 For the LORD your God {is} he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
20:4 For the LORD your God {is} he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

20:5 And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man {is there} that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he should die in the battle, and another man should dedicate it.
20:5 And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man {is there} that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he should die in the battle, and another man should dedicate it.

20:6 And what man {is he} that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not {yet} eaten of it? let him {also} go and return to his house, lest he should die in the battle, and another man should eat of it.
20:6 And what man {is he} that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not {yet} eaten of it? let him {also} go and return to his house, lest he should die in the battle, and another man should eat of it.

20:7 And what man {is there} that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he should die in battle, and another man should take her.
20:7 And what man {is there} that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he should die in battle, and another man should take her.

20:8 And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man {is there that is} fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brethren's heart should faint as well as his heart.
20:8 And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man {is there that is} fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brethren's heart should faint as well as his heart.

20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

20:10 When thou comest nigh to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
20:10 When thou comest near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

20:11 And it shall be, if it shall make thee answer of peace, and open to thee, then it shall be, {that} all the people {that are} found therein, shall be tributaries to thee, and they shall serve thee.
20:11 And it shall be, if it shall make thee answer of peace, and open to thee, then it shall be, {that} all the people {that are} found in it shall be forced labourers to thee, and they shall serve thee.

20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

20:13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thy hands, thou shalt smite every male of it with the edge of the sword:
20:13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thy hands, thou shalt smite every male of it with the edge of the sword:

20:14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, {even} all the spoil of it, shalt thou take to thyself: and thou shalt eat the spoil of thy enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
20:14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, {even} all the spoil of it, shalt thou take to thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thy enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

20:15 Thus shalt thou do to all the cities {which are} very distant from thee, which {are} not of the cities of these nations.
20:15 Thus shalt thou do to all the cities {which are} very distant from thee, which {are} not of the cities of these nations.

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:
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:

20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them, {namely}, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; {namely}, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:

20:18 That they may not teach you to do after all their abominations which they have done to their gods; so would ye sin against the LORD your God.
20:18 That they may not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees of it by forcing an ax against them; for thou mayest eat of them: and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field {is} man's {life}) to employ {them} in the siege:
20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees of it by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field {is} man's {life}) to employ {them} in the siege:

20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they {are} not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it shall be subdued.
20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they {are} not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it shall be subdued.