Deuteronomy 20:19
When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?Deuteronomy 20:19 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — પુનર્નિયમ ૨૦:૧૯
- જયારે યુદ્ધ કરતાં તું કોઈ નગર જીતવા માટે લાંબા સમય સુધી તેનો ઘેરો ઘાલે, ત્યારે તેનાં વૃક્ષો પર કુહાડી લગાડીને તું તે કાપી નાખતો નહિ; કેમ કે તું તેઓનું ફળ ભલે ખાય, પણ તું તેઓને કાપી ન નાખ; કેમ કે ખેતરનું વૃક્ષ તે શું માણસ છે કે તારે તેને ઘેરો ઘાલવો પડે?
- हिन्दी — व्यवस्थाविवरण २०:१९
- “जब तू युद्ध करते हुए किसी नगर को जीतने के लिये उसे बहुत दिनों तक घेरे रहे, तब उसके वृक्षों पर कुल्हाड़ी चलाकर उन्हें नाश न करना, क्योंकि उनके फल तेरे खाने के काम आएँगे, इसलिए उन्हें न काटना। क्या मैदान के वृक्ष भी मनुष्य हैं कि तू उनको भी घेर रखे?
In context
17but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the LORD your God has commanded you;
18that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against the LORD your God.
19When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?
20Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
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