Deut.20.10-15
20:10-15 The people in the land had already been placed under the ban (7:1-6), so this instruction refers to those whom Israel would engage outside the land (20:15).
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Deut.20.11
20:11 forced labor: Involuntary service was pressed upon prisoners of war and sometimes on Israelites (1 Kgs 5:13-18; 9:15, 21; 12:18).
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Deut.20.15
20:15 Places described as distant towns were outside the boundaries of the Promised Land.
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Deut.20.19
20:19 do not cut down the trees: Ordinarily, trees might be cut down during a war so the enemy could not benefit from them. However, since the Israelites were occupying the enemy’s former land, the trees could be of use to them.
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