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THE TORAH ON WARRING When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and a people more than you, awe them not: for Yah Veh your Elohim is with you - who ascended you from the land of Misrayim. 2 And so be it, when you approach the war, the priest approaches and words to the people, 3 and says to them, Hear, O Yisra El, you approach this day to battle against your enemies: neither tenderize your hearts nor awe nor hasten nor terrify at their face; 4 for Yah Veh your Elohim is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 5 And the officers word to the people, saying, What man has built a new house and not hanukkahed it? Have him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war and another man hanukkah it. 6 And what man planted a vineyard and not yet plucked thereof? Have him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war and another man pluck thereof. 7 And what man has betrothed a woman and not taken her? Have him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war and another man take her. 8 And the officers word again to the people, and say, What man awes, and is tender of heart? Have him go and return to his house, lest the heart of his brothers melt as well as his heart. 9 - and so be it, when the officers finish wording to the people they muster governors of the hosts to head the people. 10 When you approach to a city to fight against it, call shalom to it: 11 and so be it, if it answers you of shalom and opens to you, then so be it, all the people found therein become your vassals and serve you. 12 And if it shalams not with you, but works war against you, besiege it: 13 and when Yah Veh your Elohim gives it in your hands, smite every male thereof with the mouth of the sword: 14 but the women and the toddlers and the animals and all within the city - even all the loot thereof, plunder to yourself; and eat the loot of your enemies Yah Veh your Elohim gives you. 15 Thus work to all the cities mighty far from you, who are not of the cities of these goyim. 16 Only, of the cities of these people, Yah Veh your Elohim gives you - an inheritance, preserve naught alive that breathes: 17 but in devoting, devote them - the Hethiy and the Emoriy the Kenaaniy and the Perizziy the Hivviy and the Yebusiy as Yah Veh your Elohim misvahed you: 18 so that they not teach you to work after all the abhorrences they worked to their elohim - and thus sin against Yah Veh your Elohim. 19 When you besiege a city many days, to fight against it to capture it, ruin not the trees thereof by driving an axe against them: eat of them, but cut them not O humanity, goes the tree of the field at your face to besiege you? 20 Only, the trees you know are not trees for food, ruin and cut them; and build sieges against the city working war with you until it topples.
THE TORAH ON WARRING When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and a people more than you, awe them not: for Yah Veh your Elohim is with you - who ascended you from the land of Misrayim. 2 And so be it, when you approach the war, the priest approaches and words to the people, 3 and says to them, Hear, O Yisra El, you approach this day to battle against your enemies: neither tenderize your hearts nor awe nor hasten nor terrify at their face; 4 for Yah Veh your Elohim is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 5 And the officers word to the people, saying, What man has built a new house and not hanukkahed it? Have him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war and another man hanukkah it. 6 And what man planted a vineyard and not yet plucked thereof? Have him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war and another man pluck thereof. 7 And what man has betrothed a woman and not taken her? Have him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war and another man take her. 8 And the officers word again to the people, and say, What man awes, and is tender of heart? Have him go and return to his house, lest the heart of his brothers melt as well as his heart. 9 - and so be it, when the officers finish wording to the people they muster governors of the hosts to head the people. 10 When you approach to a city to fight against it, call shalom to it: 11 and so be it, if it answers you of shalom and opens to you, then so be it, all the people found therein become your vassals and serve you. 12 And if it shalams not with you, but works war against you, besiege it: 13 and when Yah Veh your Elohim gives it in your hands, smite every male thereof with the mouth of the sword: 14 but the women and the toddlers and the animals and all within the city - even all the loot thereof, plunder to yourself; and eat the loot of your enemies Yah Veh your Elohim gives you. 15 Thus work to all the cities mighty far from you, who are not of the cities of these goyim. 16 Only, of the cities of these people, Yah Veh your Elohim gives you - an inheritance, preserve naught alive that breathes: 17 but in devoting, devote them - the Hethiy and the Emoriy the Kenaaniy and the Perizziy the Hivviy and the Yebusiy as Yah Veh your Elohim misvahed you: 18 so that they not teach you to work after all the abhorrences they worked to their elohim - and thus sin against Yah Veh your Elohim. 19 When you besiege a city many days, to fight against it to capture it, ruin not the trees thereof by driving an axe against them: eat of them, but cut them not O humanity, goes the tree of the field at your face to besiege you? 20 Only, the trees you know are not trees for food, ruin and cut them; and build sieges against the city working war with you until it topples.