Deuteronomy 20:11

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9 And so it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

10 “When you go near a city to fight against it, ^athen proclaim an offer of peace to it.

11 And it shall be that if they accept your offer of peace, and open to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be placed under tribute to you, and serve you.

12 Now if the city will not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it.

13 And when the Lord your God delivers it into your hands, ^ayou shall strike every male in it with the edge of the sword.

14 But the women, the little ones, ^athe livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall plunder for yourself; and ^byou shall eat the enemies’ plunder which the Lord your God gives you.

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

16 “But ^aof the cities of these peoples which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall let nothing that breathes remain alive,

17 but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you,

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 20:11

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American Standard Version
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

Amplified® Bible
And if that city makes an answer of peace to you and opens to you, then all the people found in it shall be tributary to you and they shall serve you.

Contemporary English Version
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Darby English Version
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then all the people that are found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

Good News Bible
If they open the gates and surrender, they are all to become your slaves and do forced labor for you.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"If it agrees to make peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.

New International Version
If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you.

New King James Version
And it shall be that if they accept your offer of peace, and open to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be placed under tribute to you, and serve you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"If it agrees to make peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who dwell in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.

Revised Standard Version
And if its answer to you is peace and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall serve you.

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been, if Peace it answer thee, and hath opened to thee, then it hath come to pass -- all the people who are found in it are to thee for tributaries, and have served thee.

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