“Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh…

“When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them:…

“That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.” Context: Deuteronomy is…

“But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.”…

“But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth.” Context and Background: The book…

“And thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.” This verse is part of…

“But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt…

“And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword.” Context: Deuteronomy is the fifth book…

“And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it.” Context: Deuteronomy 20 provides instructions to the Israelites regarding warfare,…

“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…