English Bible Presentation Sharing - Deuteronomy Book, chapter 20, verse 46 in Ncv Version

Deuteronomy 20 : 1 (NCV)

When you go to war against your enemies and you see horses and chariots and an army that is bigger than yours, don't be afraid of them. The Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, will be with you.

Deuteronomy 20 : 2 (NCV)

The priest must come and speak to the army before you go into battle.

Deuteronomy 20 : 3 (NCV)

He will say, "Listen, Israel! Today you are going into battle against your enemies. Don't lose your courage or be afraid. Don't panic or be frightened,

Deuteronomy 20 : 4 (NCV)

because the Lord your God goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies and to save you."

Deuteronomy 20 : 5 (NCV)

The officers should say to the army, "Has anyone built a new house but not given it to God? He may go home, because he might die in battle and someone else would get to give his house to God.

Deuteronomy 20 : 6 (NCV)

Has anyone planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy it? He may go home, because he might die in battle and someone else would enjoy his vineyard.

Deuteronomy 20 : 7 (NCV)

Is any man engaged to a woman and not yet married to her? He may go home, because he might die in battle and someone else would marry her."

Deuteronomy 20 : 8 (NCV)

Then the officers should also say, "Is anyone here afraid? Has anyone lost his courage? He may go home so that he will not cause others to lose their courage, too."

Deuteronomy 20 : 9 (NCV)

When the officers finish speaking to the army, they should appoint commanders to lead it.

Deuteronomy 20 : 10 (NCV)

When you march up to attack a city, first make them an offer of peace.

Deuteronomy 20 : 11 (NCV)

If they accept your offer and open their gates to you, all the people of that city will become your slaves and work for you.

Deuteronomy 20 : 12 (NCV)

But if they do not make peace with you and fight you in battle, you should surround that city.

Deuteronomy 20 : 13 (NCV)

The Lord your God will give it to you. Then kill all the men with your swords,

Deuteronomy 20 : 14 (NCV)

and you may take everything else in the city for yourselves. Take the women, children, and animals, and you may use these things the Lord your God gives you from your enemies.

Deuteronomy 20 : 15 (NCV)

Do this to all the cities that are far away, that do not belong to the nations nearby.

Deuteronomy 20 : 16 (NCV)

But leave nothing alive in the cities of the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 20 : 17 (NCV)

Completely destroy these people: the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, as the Lord your God has commanded.

Deuteronomy 20 : 18 (NCV)

Otherwise, they will teach you what they do for their gods, and if you do these hateful things, you will sin against the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 20 : 19 (NCV)

If you surround and attack a city for a long time, trying to capture it, do not destroy its trees with an ax. You can eat the fruit from the trees, but do not cut them down. These trees are not the enemy, so don't make war against them.

Deuteronomy 20 : 20 (NCV)

But you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build devices to attack the city walls, until the city is captured.