Deuteronomy 20:19
ContextNETBible | If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, 1 you must not chop down its trees, 2 for you may eat fruit 3 from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it! 4 |
XREF | De 26:6; Mt 3:10; Mt 7:15-20; Mt 21:19; Lu 13:7-9; Joh 15:2-8 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “to fight against it to capture it.” 2 tn Heb “you must not destroy its trees by chopping them with an iron” (i.e., an ax). 3 tn Heb “you may eat from them.” The direct object is not expressed; the word “fruit” is supplied in the translation for clarity. 4 tn Heb “to go before you in siege.” |