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Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
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Two Tiers of Warfare
Commentators unanimously explain that this verse establishes a critical distinction in Israel's rules of engagement. One set of rules, involving offers of peace and sparing non-combatants, applied to distant, non-Canaanite cities. A separate, harsher set of rules was reserved exclusively for the cities within Canaan.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Directions intended to prevent wanton destruction of life and property in sieges.
(Deuteronomy 20:16) Forbearance, however, was …
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 20:10–20. SIEGES.
When thou comest nigh ... proclaim peace. —Not as the c…
16th Century
Protestant
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities. An exception is introduced: the Jews were not to apply the common laws of war to the Canaanite nat…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you As all such were …
