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for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged by you? <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/20-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Only the trees which you know are not fruit trees you shall destroy and cut down, that you may construct siegeworks against the city that is making war with you until it falls. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So shalt thou do to all cities that are at a great distance from thee, and are not of these cities which thou shalt receive in possession. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/deuteronomy/20.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities that are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus shalt thou do to all the cities which are very distant from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/fit_though_few.htm"> 'Fit, Though Few'</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2. And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3. Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/fit_though_few.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_17_sharon_caphar_lodim.htm">Sharon. Caphar Lodim. The Village of those of Lydda. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Between Lydda and the sea, a spacious valley runs out, here and there widely spreading itself, and sprinkled with villages. The holy page of the New Testament [Acts 9:35] calls it Saron: and that of the Old calls the whole, perhaps, or some part of it, 'the plain of Ono,' Nehemiah 6:2, 11:35; 1 Chronicles 8:12... The wine of Sharon is of great fame, with which they mixed two parts water: and remarkable is that they say concerning the houses of Sharon. R. Lazar saith, "He that builds a brick house <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_17_sharon_caphar_lodim.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Lightfoot—</span><span class="citation2">From the Talmud and Hebraica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/grimke/an_appeal_to_the_christian_women_of_the_south/appeal_to_the_christian_women.htm">Appeal to the Christian Women of the South</a><br></span><span class="snippet">BY A.E. GRIMKE. "Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not within thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place: but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this. And Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer:--and so will I go in unto the king, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/grimke/an_appeal_to_the_christian_women_of_the_south/appeal_to_the_christian_women.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Angelina Emily Grimke—</span><span class="citation2">An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/deuteronomy.htm">Deuteronomy</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Owing to the comparatively loose nature of the connection between consecutive passages in the legislative section, it is difficult to present an adequate summary of the book of Deuteronomy. In the first section, i.-iv. 40, Moses, after reviewing the recent history of the people, and showing how it reveals Jehovah's love for Israel, earnestly urges upon them the duty of keeping His laws, reminding them of His spirituality and absoluteness. Then follows the appointment, iv. 41-43--here irrelevant (cf. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/deuteronomy.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/20-15.htm">Deuteronomy 20:15 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/20-15.htm">Deuteronomy 20:15 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/20-15.htm">Deuteronomy 20:15 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/20-15.htm">Deuteronomy 20:15 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/20-15.htm">Deuteronomy 20:15 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/20-15.htm">Deuteronomy 20:15 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/deuteronomy/20-15.htm">Deuteronomy 20:15 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../deuteronomy/20-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Deuteronomy 20:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Deuteronomy 20:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../deuteronomy/20-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Deuteronomy 20:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Deuteronomy 20:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/deuteronomy/20-15.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>