Deuteronomy 20:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ And if its answer to you is peace and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall serve you.

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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 Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram always loved David.

2 Kings 6:22

He answered, “You shall not slay them. Would you slay those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”

Psalm 120:7

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war!

Luke 19:14

But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

Deuteronomy 20:10

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

Deuteronomy 20:12

But if it makes no peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it;

Joshua 16:10

However they did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: so the Canaanites have dwelt in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have become slaves to do forced labor.

Joshua 9:27

But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to continue to this day, in the place which 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, “From a very far country your servants have come, because of the name of the Lord your God; for we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

Judges 1:28

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