If they accept your offer and open their gates, then all the people in that city will become your slaves and be forced to work for you.
Deuteronomy 20:12 - Easy To Read Version But if the city refuses to make peace with you and fights against you, then you should surround the city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if it refuses to make peace with you and fights against you, then you shall besiege it. American Standard Version (1901) And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: Common English Bible However, if the city does not negotiate peacefully with you but makes war against you, you may attack it. Catholic Public Domain Version But if they are not willing to enter into an agreement, and they begin to act against you in warfare, then you shall besiege it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if they will not make peace, and shall begin war against thee, thou shalt besiege it. |
If they accept your offer and open their gates, then all the people in that city will become your slaves and be forced to work for you.
And when the Lord your God lets you take the city, you must kill all the men in it.