21AND NOT IT WILL LOOK WITH PITY EYE YOUR LIFE FOR LIFE EYE FOR EYE TOOTH FOR TOOTH HAND FOR HAND FOOT FOR FOOT 21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,*NoteCloseCited in Matthew 5:38 hand for hand, and foot for foot.
1IF YOU WILL GO OUT TO <THE> WAR ON ENEMIES YOUR AND YOU WILL SEE HORSE AND CHARIOT A PEOPLE GREAT MORE THAN YOU NOT YOU MUST BE AFRAID FROM <THE> THEM FOR YAHWEH GOD YOUR [IS] WITH YOU WHO BROUGHT UP YOU FROM [THE] LAND OF EGYPT Laws of Warfare 1When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
2AND IT WILL BE WHEN DRAW NEAR YOU TO THE BATTLE AND HE WILL COME NEAR THE PRIEST AND HE WILL SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE 2When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
3AND HE WILL SAY TO THEM HEAR O ISRAEL YOU [ARE] APPROACHING THIS DAY TO THE BATTLE ON ENEMIES YOUR MAY NOT BE TIMID HEART YOUR MAY NOT YOU BE AFRAID AND MAY NOT YOU MAKE HASTE AND MAY NOT YOU BE TERRIFIED OF <BEFORE> THEM 3saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
4FOR YAHWEH GOD YOUR [IS] THE [ONE WHO] GOES WITH YOU TO FIGHT FOR <THE> YOU WITH ENEMIES YOUR TO GIVE VICTORY <OBJ.> YOU 4For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory
5AND THEY WILL SAY THE OFFICIALS TO THE PEOPLE <TO> SAYING WHO? [IS] THE MAN WHO HE HAS BUILT A HOUSE NEW AND NOT HE HAS DEDICATED IT LET HIM GO AND LET HIM RETURN TO HOUSE HIS LEST HE SHOULD DIE IN THE BATTLE AND A MAN ANOTHER HE WILL DEDICATE IT 5Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
6AND WHO? [IS] THE MAN WHO HE HAS PLANTED A VINEYARD AND NOT HE HAS PUT TO USE IT LET HIM GO AND LET HIM RETURN TO HOUSE HIS LEST HE SHOULD DIE IN THE BATTLE AND A MAN ANOTHER HE WILL PUT TO USE IT 6Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
7AND WHO? [IS] THE MAN WHO HE HAS BETROTHED A WOMAN AND NOT HE HAS TAKEN HER LET HIM GO AND LET HIM RETURN TO HOUSE HIS LEST HE SHOULD DIE IN THE BATTLE AND A MAN ANOTHER HE WILL TAKE HER 7Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
8AND THEY WILL REPEAT THE OFFICIALS TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL SAY WHO? [IS] THE MAN <THE> FEARFUL AND [THE] WEAK OF <THE> HEART LET HIM GO AND LET HIM RETURN TO HOUSE HIS AND NOT IT WILL BE MELTED <OBJ.> [THE] HEART OF COUNTRYMEN HIS LIKE HEART HIS 8Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
9AND IT WILL BE WHEN FINISH THE OFFICIALS TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL APPOINT COMMANDERS OF ARMIES AT [THE] HEAD OF THE PEOPLE 9When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
10IF YOU WILL DRAW NEAR TO A CITY TO FIGHT ON IT AND YOU WILL PROCLAIM TO IT TO PEACE 10When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
11AND IT WILL BE IF PEACE IT WILL ANSWER YOU AND IT WILL OPEN TO <THE> YOU AND IT WILL BE ALL THE PEOPLE WHICH IS FOUND IN <THE> IT THEY WILL BECOME FOR <THE> YOU <INTO> FORCED LABOR AND THEY WILL SERVE YOU 11If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
12AND IF NOT IT WILL MAKE PEACE WITH YOU AND IT WILL MAKE WITH YOU WAR AND YOU WILL LAY SIEGE ON IT 12But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
13AND HE WILL GIVE IT YAHWEH GOD YOUR IN HAND YOUR AND YOU WILL STRIKE DOWN <OBJ.> EVERY MALE ITS TO [THE] MOUTH OF [THE] SWORD 13When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
14ONLY THE WOMEN AND THE LITTLE ONE[S] AND THE LIVESTOCK AND ALL THAT IT WILL BE IN THE CITY ALL BOOTY ITS YOU WILL PLUNDER FOR <THE> YOURSELF AND YOU WILL CONSUME <OBJ.> [THE] BOOTY OF ENEMIES YOUR WHICH HE HAS GIVEN YAHWEH GOD YOUR TO <THE> YOU 14But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city— all its spoil— you may take as plunder and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
15THUS YOU WILL DO TO ALL THE CITIES <THE> DISTANT FROM YOU VERY WHICH NOT [ARE] ANY OF [THE] CITIES OF THE NATIONS <THE> THESE THEY 15This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
16ONLY FROM [THE] CITIES OF THE PEOPLES <THE> THESE WHICH YAHWEH GOD YOUR [IS] ABOUT TO GIVE TO <THE> YOU AN INHERITANCE NOT YOU WILL LET LIVE ANY BREATHING THING 16However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
17FOR CERTAINLY <TO TOTALLY DESTROY> YOU WILL TOTALLY DESTROY THEM THE HITTITE[S] AND THE AMORITE[S] THE CANAANITE[S] AND THE PERIZZITE[S] THE HIVITE[S] AND THE JEBUSITE[S] JUST AS HE COMMANDED YOU YAHWEH GOD YOUR 17For you must devote them to complete destruction*NoteCloseForms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering. the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites— as the LORD your God has commanded you,
18SO THAT THAT NOT THEY MAY TEACH <OBJ.> YOU TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL ABOMINATIONS THEIR WHICH THEY HAVE DONE FOR GODS THEIR AND YOU WILL SIN TO YAHWEH GOD YOUR 18so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
19IF YOU WILL LAY SIEGE TO A CITY DAYS MANY TO FIGHT ON IT TO CAPTURE IT NOT YOU WILL DESTROY <OBJ.> TREE[S] ITS BY WIELDING ON IT AN AXE FOR FROM IT YOU WILL EAT AND <OBJ.> IT NOT YOU WILL CUT DOWN FOR ¿ HUMAN [IS] [THE] TREE OF THE FIELD TO GO FROM BEFORE YOU IN <THE> STATE OF SIEGE 19When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
20ONLY A TREE WHICH YOU WILL KNOW THAT [IS] NOT A TREE OF FOOD IT <OBJ.> IT YOU WILL DESTROY AND YOU WILL CUT DOWN AND YOU WILL BUILD SIEGE WORK[S] ON THE CITY WHICH IT [IS] MAKING WITH YOU WAR UNTIL FALLS IT 20But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.