Deuteronomy 20:11
Context20:11 If it accepts your terms 1 and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves. 2
Deuteronomy 29:9
ContextThe Present Covenant Setting
29:9 “Therefore, keep the terms 3 of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.
1 tn Heb “if it answers you peace.”
2 tn Heb “become as a vassal and will serve you.” The Hebrew term translated slaves (מַס, mas) refers either to Israelites who were pressed into civil service, especially under Solomon (1 Kgs 5:27; 9:15, 21; 12:18), or (as here) to foreigners forced as prisoners of war to become slaves to Israel. The Gibeonites exemplify this type of servitude (Josh 9:3-27; cf. Josh 16:10; 17:13; Judg 1:28, 30-35; Isa 31:8; Lam 1:1).
3 tn Heb “words.”