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When thou goest out[H3318] to battle[H4421] against thine enemies[H341], and seest[H7200]horses[H5483], and chariots[H7393], and a people[H5971]more[H7227] than thou, be not afraid[H3372] of them: for the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] is with thee, which brought thee up[H5927]out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
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And it shall be, when ye are come nigh[H7126] unto the battle[H4421], that the priest[H3548] shall approach[H5066] and speak[H1696] unto the people[H5971],
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And shall say[H559] unto them, Hear[H8085], O Israel[H3478], ye approach[H7131] this day[H3117] unto battle[H4421] against your enemies[H341]: let not your hearts[H3824]faint[H7401], fear[H3372] not, and do not tremble[H2648], neither be ye terrified[H6206]because[H6440] of them;
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For the LORD[H3068] your God[H430] is he that goeth[H1980] with you, to fight[H3898] for you against your enemies[H341], to save[H3467] you.
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And the officers[H7860] shall speak[H1696] unto the people[H5971], saying[H559], What man[H376] is there that hath built[H1129] a new[H2319]house[H1004], and hath not dedicated[H2596] it? let him go[H3212] and return[H7725] to his house[H1004], lest he die[H4191] in the battle[H4421], and another[H312]man[H376]dedicate[H2596] it.
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And what man[H376] is he that hath planted[H5193] a vineyard[H3754], and hath not yet eaten[H2490] of it? let him also go[H3212] and return[H7725] unto his house[H1004], lest he die[H4191] in the battle[H4421], and another[H312]man[H376]eat[H2490] of it.
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And what man[H376] is there that hath betrothed[H781] a wife[H802], and hath not taken[H3947] her? let him go[H3212] and return[H7725] unto his house[H1004], lest he die[H4191] in the battle[H4421], and another[H312]man[H376]take[H3947] her.
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And the officers[H7860] shall speak[H1696]further[H3254] unto the people[H5971], and they shall say[H559], What man[H376] is there that is fearful[H3373] and fainthearted?[H7390] let him go[H3212] and return[H7725] unto his house[H1004], lest his brethren's heart[H3824]faint[H4549] as well as his heart[H3824].
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And it shall be, when the officers[H7860] have made an end[H3615] of speaking[H1696] unto the people[H5971], that they shall make[H6485]captains[H8269] of the armies[H6635] to lead[H7218] the people[H5971].
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When thou comest nigh[H7126] unto a city[H5892] to fight[H3898] against it, then proclaim[H7121]peace[H7965] unto it.
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And it shall be, if it make thee answer[H6030] of peace[H7965], and open[H6605] unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people[H5971] that is found[H4672] therein shall be tributaries[H4522] unto thee, and they shall serve[H5647] thee.
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And if it will make[H6213] no peace[H7999] with thee, but will make[H6213]war[H4421] against thee, then thou shalt besiege[H6696] it:
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And when the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath delivered[H5414] it into thine hands[H3027], thou shalt smite[H5221] every male[H2138] thereof with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719]:
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But the women[H802], and the little ones[H2945], and the cattle[H929], and all that is in the city[H5892], even all the spoil[H7998] thereof, shalt thou take[H962] unto thyself; and thou shalt eat[H398] the spoil[H7998] of thine enemies[H341], which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath given[H5414] thee.
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Thus shalt thou do[H6213] unto all the cities[H5892]which[H2007] are very[H3966] far off[H7350] from thee, which[H2007] are not of the cities[H5892] of these nations[H1471].
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But of the cities[H5892] of these people[H5971], which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] doth give[H5414] thee for an inheritance[H5159], thou shalt save alive[H2421] nothing that breatheth[H5397]:
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But thou shalt utterly[H2763]destroy[H2763] them; namely, the Hittites[H2850], and the Amorites[H567], the Canaanites[H3669], and the Perizzites[H6522], the Hivites[H2340], and the Jebusites[H2983]; as the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath commanded[H6680] thee:
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That they teach[H3925] you not to do[H6213] after all their abominations[H8441], which they have done[H6213] unto their gods[H430]; so should ye sin[H2398] against the LORD[H3068] your God[H430].
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When thou shalt besiege[H6696] a city[H5892] a long[H7227]time[H3117], in making war[H3898] against it to take[H8610] it, thou shalt not destroy[H7843] the trees[H6086] thereof by forcing[H5080] an axe[H1631] against them: for thou mayest eat[H398] of them, and thou shalt not cut them down(for the tree[H6086] of the field[H7704] is man's life) to employ[H935] them in the siege[H6440]:
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Only the trees[H6086] which thou knowest[H3045] that they be not trees[H6086] for meat[H3978], thou shalt destroy[H7843] and cut them down[H3772]; and thou shalt build[H1129]bulwarks[H4692] against the city[H5892] that maketh[H6213]war[H4421] with thee, until it be subdued[H3381].