<vn='1'><sn="3588">When</s> thou goest <sn="3318">out</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="5921">against</s> thine <sn="341">enemies</s>, and <sn="7200">seest</s><sn="5483">horses</s>, and <sn="7393">chariots</s>, and a <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7227">more</s><sn="4480">than</s> thou, be not <sn="3372 3808">afraid</s><sn="4480">of</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> thee, which brought thee <sn="5927">up</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, when ye are come <sn="7126">nigh</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4421">battle</s>, that the <sn="3548">priest</s> shall <sn="5066">approach</s> and <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>And shall <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="8085">Hear</s>, O <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="859">ye</s><sn="7131">approach</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> unto <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="5921">against</s> your <sn="341">enemies</s>: let <sn="408">not</s> your <sn="3824">hearts</s><sn="7401">faint</s>, <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="408">not</s>, and do <sn="408">not</s><sn="2648">tremble</s>, <sn="408">neither</s> be ye <sn="6206">terrified</s> because <sn="4480 6440">of</s> them; </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s> is he that <sn="1980">goeth</s><sn="5973">with</s> you, to <sn="3898">fight</s> for you <sn="5973">against</s> your <sn="341">enemies</s>, to <sn="3467">save</s> you. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="7860">officers</s> shall <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4310">What</s><sn="376">man</s> is there <sn="834">that</s> hath <sn="1129">built</s> a <sn="2319">new</s><sn="1004">house</s>, and hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2596">dedicated</s> it? let him <sn="1980">go</s> and <sn="7725">return</s> to his <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> he <sn="4191">die</s> in the <sn="4421">battle</s>, and <sn="312">another</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="2596">dedicate</s> it. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="4310">what</s><sn="376">man</s> is he <sn="834">that</s> hath <sn="5193">planted</s> a <sn="3754">vineyard</s>, and hath <sn="3808">not</s> yet <sn="2490">eaten</s> of it? let him also <sn="1980">go</s> and <sn="7725">return</s> unto his <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> he <sn="4191">die</s> in the <sn="4421">battle</s>, and <sn="312">another</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="2490">eat</s> of it. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="4310">what</s><sn="376">man</s> is there <sn="834">that</s> hath <sn="781">betrothed</s> a <sn="802">wife</s>, and hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3947">taken</s> her? let him <sn="1980">go</s> and <sn="7725">return</s> unto his <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> he <sn="4191">die</s> in the <sn="4421">battle</s>, and <sn="312">another</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="3947">take</s> her. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="7860">officers</s> shall <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="3254">further</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and they shall <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="4310">What</s><sn="376">man</s> is there that is <sn="3373">fearful</s> and <sn="7390 3824">fainthearted</s>? let him <sn="1980">go</s> and <sn="7725">return</s> unto his <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="3808">lest</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="251">brethren</s> 's <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="4549">faint</s> as well as his <sn="3824">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, when the <sn="7860">officers</s> have made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="1696">speaking</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, that they shall <sn="6485">make</s><sn="8269">captains</s> of the <sn="6635">armies</s> to <sn="7218">lead</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">When</s> thou comest <sn="7126">nigh</s><sn="413">unto</s> a <sn="5892">city</s> to <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="5921">against</s> it, then <sn="7121">proclaim</s><sn="7965">peace</s><sn="413">unto</s> it. </v>
<vn='11'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, <sn="518">if</s> it make thee <sn="6030">answer</s> of <sn="7965">peace</s>, and <sn="6605">open</s> unto thee, then it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> that is <sn="4672">found</s> therein shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="4522">tributaries</s> unto thee, and they shall <sn="5647">serve</s> thee. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="518">if</s> it will make no <sn="7999 3808">peace</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee, but will <sn="6213">make</s><sn="4421">war</s><sn="5973">against</s> thee, then thou shalt <sn="6696 5921">besiege</s> it: </v>
<vn='13'>And when the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="5414">delivered</s> it into thine <sn="3027">hands</s>, thou shalt <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="2138">male</s> thereof with the <sn="6310">edge</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="7535">But</s> the <sn="802">women</s>, and the little <sn="2945">ones</s>, and the <sn="929">cattle</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">is</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s>, even <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s> thereof, shalt thou <sn="962">take</s> unto thyself; and thou shalt <sn="398">eat</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s> of thine <sn="341">enemies</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="5414">given</s> thee. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3651">Thus</s> shalt thou <sn="6213">do</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> which are <sn="3966">very</s> far <sn="7350">off</s><sn="4480">from</s> thee, <sn="834">which</s> are <sn="3808">not</s> of the <sn="4480 5892">cities</s> of <sn="428">these</s><sn="1471">nations</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="7535">But</s> of the <sn="4480 5892">cities</s> of <sn="428">these</s><sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> doth <sn="5414">give</s> thee for an <sn="5159">inheritance</s>, thou shalt save <sn="2421">alive</s><sn="3808 3605">nothing</s> that <sn="5397">breatheth</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3588">But</s> thou shalt utterly <sn="2763 2763">destroy</s> them; namely, the <sn="2850">Hittites</s>, and the <sn="567">Amorites</s>, the <sn="3669">Canaanites</s>, and the <sn="6522">Perizzites</s>, the <sn="2340">Hivites</s>, and the <sn="2983">Jebusites</s>; <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="6680">commanded</s> thee: </v>
<vn='18'><sn="4616 834">That</s> they <sn="3925">teach</s> you <sn="3808">not</s> to <sn="6213">do</s> after <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="8441">abominations</s>, <sn="834">which</s> they have <sn="6213">done</s> unto their <sn="430">gods</s>; so should ye <sn="2398">sin</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3588">When</s> thou shalt <sn="6696 413">besiege</s> a <sn="5892">city</s> a <sn="7227">long</s><sn="3117">time</s>, in making <sn="3898">war</s><sn="5921">against</s> it to <sn="8610">take</s> it, thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7843">destroy</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> thereof by <sn="5080">forcing</s> an <sn="1631">axe</s><sn="5921">against</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s> thou mayest <sn="398">eat</s><sn="4480">of</s> them, and thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> cut them <sn="3772 *853">down</s> ( <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="6086">tree</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s> is <sn="120">man</s> 's life ) to <sn="935 4480 6440">employ</s> them in the <sn="4692">siege</s>: </v>
<vn='20'><sn="7535">Only</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s><sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="3045">knowest</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1931">they</s> be <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6086">trees</s> for <sn="3978">meat</s>, thou shalt <sn="7843">destroy</s> and cut them <sn="3772">down</s>; and thou shalt <sn="1129">build</s><sn="4692">bulwarks</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5892">city</s><sn="834 1931">that</s><sn="6213">maketh</s><sn="4421">war</s><sn="5973">with</s> thee, <sn="5704">until</s> it be <sn="3381">subdued</s>. </v>