Deuteronomy 20:20

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

Only the tree which you know not to be a fruit tree, you may destroy it, and may cut it down, and may build a bulwark against the city making war with you, until you have subdued it.

Cross References

2 Kings 3:19

And you shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city. And you shall fell every good tree, and you shall stop all the fountains of water. And you shall ruin every good piece with stones.

2 Chronicles 26:15

And he made engines in Jerusalem, the inventions of skillful men, to be on the towers and on the corners, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was wonderfully helped until he was strong.

Ecclesiastes 9:14

there was a little city, and few men in it. And a great king came against it, and turned around it, and built huge siege works against it.

Isaiah 37:33

So Jehovah says this to the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, and not come before it with a shield, and not pour out a siege mound on it.

Jeremiah 33:4

For so says Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to defend against the siege mounds, and against the sword,

Jeremiah 6:6

For so Jehovah of Hosts has said, Cut down her trees and pour out a siege-mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be called to account; in her midst is oppression, all of her.

Ezekiel 17:17

And Pharaoh shall not work for him with a great army or a great company in the war by pouring out mounds and building siege walls to cut off many souls.

Deuteronomy 1:28

Where shall we go up? Our brothers have melted our hearts, saying, We have seen there a people greater and taller than we, cities great and walled up to the heavens, and also the sons of Anak.

Deuteronomy 20:19

When you shall lay siege to a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees in order to force an axe against them. For you shall eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field a man, that it should be used by you to lay siege?

Deuteronomy 21:1

If one is found slain in the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you, to possess it, lying in the field, and it is not known who has struck him;