Deuteronomy 20:20

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

And if any of them be not apple trees, but be wild, and able into other uses, cut them down, and make of them engines, till thou take the city that fighteth against thee.

Cross References

2 Kings 3:19

and ye shall smite each strength-ened city, and each chosen city, and ye shall cut down each tree bearing fruit, and ye shall stop all the wells of waters, and ye shall cover with stones each noble field.

2 Chronicles 26:15

And he made in Jerusalem engines of diverse kind, which he set in towers, and in the corners of walls, that those [or they] should cast out arrows and great stones; and his name went out far, for the Lord helped him, and had made him strong.

Ecclesiastes 9:14

A little city, and few men therein; a great king came against it, and compassed it with pales, and he builded strongholds, either engines, by compass; and [the] besieging was made perfect.

Isaiah 37:33

Therefore the Lord saith these things of the king of Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, and he shall not shoot there an arrow; and a shield shall not occupy it, and he shall not send [an heap of] earth in the compass thereof.

Jeremiah 33:4

For the Lord God of Israel saith these things to the houses of this city, and to the houses of the king of Judah, that be destroyed, and to the strongholds, and to the sword of men

Jeremiah 6:6

For the Lord of hosts saith these things, Cut ye down the tree thereof, and shed ye earth about Jerusalem; this is the city of visitation; all false challenge is in the midst thereof.

Ezekiel 17:17

And not in great host, neither in much people, Pharaoh shall make battle against him, in the casting up of [an heap of] earth, and in building of pales or posts, that he slay many persons.

Deuteronomy 1:28

Whither shall we ascend [or go up]? the messengers made afeared our heart, and said, A greatest multitude is, and larger in stature than we; the cities be great, and walled till to heaven; we saw there the sons of Anakim, that is, giants.

Deuteronomy 20:19

When thou hast besieged a city by long time, and thou hast compassed it with strongholds that thou overcome it, thou shalt not cut down the trees, of which men may eat/of which fruit may be eaten, neither thou shalt waste the country about with axes; for it is a tree, and not a man, neither it may increase the number of fighters against thee.

Deuteronomy 21:1

When the carrion of a man slain is found in the land which thy Lord God shall give to thee, and he that is guilty of his death is unknown,