Deuteronomy 20:11

The Scriptures 2009

“And it shall be that if it accepts your call for peace, and shall open to you, then all the people found in it are to be your compulsory labour, and serve you.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:1

And Ḥiram sovereign of Tsor sent his servants to Shelomoh, because he heard that they had anointed him sovereign in place of his father, for Ḥiram had always loved Dawiḏ.

2 Kings 6:22

But he said, “Do not strike. Do you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? Set food and water before them and let them eat and drink and go to their master.”

Psalm 120:7

I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for fighting.

Luke 19:14

But his subjects were hating him, and sent a delegation after him, to say, ‘We do not wish this one to reign over us.’ ”

Deuteronomy 20:10

“When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then you shall make a call for peace to it.

Deuteronomy 20:12

“But if it does not make peace with you, and shall fight against you, then you shall besiege it,

Joshua 16:10

And they did not drive out the Kena‛anites who dwelt in Gezer, so the Kena‛anites dwell among the Ephrayimites to this day and have become compulsory labour.

Joshua 9:27

And that day Yehoshua made them woodcutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for the slaughter-place of יהוה, even to this day, at the place that He should choose.

Joshua 9:8

And they said to Yehoshua, “We are your servants.” And Yehoshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”

Joshua 9:9

So they said to him, “From a land very far off your servants have come, because of the Name of יהוה your Elohim. For we have heard the report of Him, and all that He did in Mitsrayim,

Judges 1:28

And it came to be, when Yisra’ĕl was strong, that they put the Kena‛anites into compulsory labour, but did not completely drive them out.