Deuteronomy 20

Verse 1

WEB When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

KJV When thou goest out to battle against thine 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, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

TSK goest out: de 3:21,22, de 7:1; horses: jos 10:5-8, jos 11:4-6,9, jud 4:3-9, 2ch 14:11, 2ch 20:12, ps 20:7, ps 33:16,17, isa 31:1, isa 37:24,25; the Lord: de 2:7, de 31:6,8, ge 26:3, nu 23:21, jos 1:5,9, jud 6:12, 2ch 32:7,8, ps 46:7,11, ps 118:6, isa 7:14, isa 8:9,10, isa 43:2, ro 8:31

Verse 2

WEB It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

KJV And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

TSK And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,: nu 10:8,9, nu 31:6, jud 20:27,28, 1sa 14:18, 1sa 30:7,8, 2ch 13:12

Verse 3

WEB and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: don’t let your heart faint; don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;

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

TSK let not: ps 27:1-3, isa 35:3,4, isa 41:10-14, mt 10:16,28,31, eph 6:11-18, 1th 5:15, heb 12:12,13, re 2:10; faint: isa 28:16; be ye terrified: ps 3:6, isa 8:12,13, isa 57:7,8, mt 8:26, mr 16:6,18, ac 18:9,10, ac 27:24, 1ti 6:12, heb 13:6

Verse 4

WEB for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

KJV For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

TSK to fight: de 1:30, de 3:22, de 11:25, de 32:30, ex 14:14, jos 10:42, jos 23:10, 2ch 13:12, 2ch 32:7,8, ps 144:1,2, ro 8:37

Verse 5

WEB The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

KJV And the officers shall speak unto 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 die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

TSK the officers: de 1:15, de 16:18, nu 31:14,48, 1sa 17:18; dedicated: ne 12:27, ps 30:1

Verse 6

WEB What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.

KJV And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

TSK eaten of it: de 28:1-30, le 19:23-25, jer 31:5; lest he die: isa 65:22, zep 1:13

Verse 7

WEB What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”

KJV And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

TSK bethrothed a wife: de 22:23-25, de 24:5, mt 1:18; lest he die: de 28:30, lu 14:18-20, 2ti 2:4

Verse 8

WEB The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”

KJV And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

TSK fearful: de 1:28, de 23:9, jud 7:3, lu 9:62, ac 15:37,38, re 3:16, re 21:8; lest his brethren's: nu 13:31-33, nu 14:1-3, nu 32:9, 1co 15:33; faint: de 1:28, ex 15:15

Verse 9

WEB It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

KJV And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 10

WEB When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

KJV When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

TSK then proclaim: 2sa 20:18-22, isa 57:19, zec 9:10, lu 10:5,6, ac 10:36, 2co 5:18-21, 2co 6:1, eph 2:17

Verse 11

WEB It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.

KJV And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

TSK tributaries: le 25:42-46, jos 9:22,23,27, jos 11:19,20, jos 16:10, jud 1:28,30-35, 1ki 9:21,22, ps 120:7, lu 19:14

Verse 12

WEB If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:

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

TSK No cross references.

Verse 13

WEB and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:

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

TSK thou shalt smite: nu 31:7-9,17,18, 1ki 11:15,16, ps 2:6-12, ps 21:8,9, ps 110:1, lu 19:27, 2th 1:7-9

Verse 14

WEB but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you.

KJV But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

TSK the women: nu 31:9,12,18,35-54, jos 8:2, jos 11:14, 2ch 14:13-15, 2ch 20:25, ps 68:12, ro 8:37; thou shalt eat: jos 22:8

Verse 15

WEB Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

KJV Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 16

WEB But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

KJV 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:

TSK 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:: de 7:1-4,16, nu 21:2,3,35, nu 33:52, jos 6:17-21, jos 9:24,27, jos 10:28,40, jos 11:11,12,14

Verse 17

WEB but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Yahweh your God has commanded you;

KJV 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:

TSK thou shalt: isa 34:5,6, jer 48:10, jer 50:35-40, eze 38:21-23, re 19:18; the Hittites: de 7:1

Verse 18

WEB that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.

KJV That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

TSK That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.: de 7:4,5, de 12:30,31, de 18:19, ex 23:33, jos 23:13, jud 2:3, ps 106:34-40, 1co 15:33, 2co 6:17, eph 5:11, 2th 3:14, 1ti 6:5, 2ti 2:17,18, re 18:3-5

Verse 19

WEB When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you?

KJV When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof 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:

TSK thou shalt not: mt 3:10, mt 7:15-20, mt 21:19, lu 13:7-9, joh 15:2-8; for the tree, etc.: de 26:6

Verse 20

WEB Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.

KJV Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

TSK thou shalt build: de 1:28, 2ch 26:15, ec 9:14, isa 37:33, jer 6:6, jer 33:4, eze 17:17