Deuteronomy 20:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁰ “When you draw near to a town to fight against it, offer it terms of peace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ When you approach a city to fight against it, you should first extend peaceful terms to it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.

Deuteronomy 20:10 Cross References

Ephesians 2:17

So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,

2 Corinthians 5:18

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;

Acts 10:36

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all.

Zechariah 9:10

He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 57:19

creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord, and I will heal them.

Deuteronomy 20:9

When the officers have finished addressing the troops, then the commanders shall take charge of them.

Deuteronomy 20:11

If it accepts your terms of peace and surrenders to you, then all the people in it shall serve you at forced labor.

Judges 21:13

Then the whole congregation sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the rock of Rimmon and proclaimed peace to them.

Deuteronomy 2:26

“So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to King Sihon of Heshbon with the following terms of peace:

Judges 11:12

Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, “What is there between you and me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”