Deuteronomy 20:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ If it accepts your terms of peace and surrenders to you, then all the people in it shall serve you at forced labor.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ 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.

Common English Bible

¹¹ If the city responds with peaceful terms and surrenders to you, then all the people in the city will serve you as forced laborers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ If they receive it, and open the gates to you, then all the people who are in it shall be saved, and they shall serve you by paying tribute.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ If they receive it, and open the gates to thee, all the people that are therein shall be saved, and shall serve thee paying tribute.

Deuteronomy 20:11 Cross References

1 Kings 5:1

Now King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been a friend to David.

2 Kings 6:22

He answered, “No! Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink, and let them go to their master.”

Psalm 120:7

I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.

Luke 19:14

But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Deuteronomy 20:10

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

Deuteronomy 20:12

But if it does not accept your terms of peace and makes war against you, then you shall besiege it,

Joshua 16:10

They did not, however, drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived within Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.

Joshua 9:27

But on that day Joshua made them woodcutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to continue to this day, in the place that he should choose.

Joshua 9:8

They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?”

Joshua 9:9

They said to him, “Your servants have come from a very far country because of the name of the Lord your God, for we have heard a report of him, of all that he did in Egypt

Judges 1:28

When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but did not in fact drive them out.