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Deuteronomy 20:13
And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.
Deuteronomy 20:13 · Bible in Basic English
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Deuteronomy 20:13 in other translations
And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
When the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword;
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In context
10 When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace.
11 And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.
12 If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:
13 And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.
14 But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.
15 So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations.
16 But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death:
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