Read Deuteronomy 20:19 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Deuteronomy 20.19, Deuteronomy 20v19, Dt. 20:19. “When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its [fruit-bearing] trees by swinging an axe…
Other reference formats: Deuteronomy 20.19, Deuteronomy 20v19, Dt. 20:19.
19 “When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its [fruit-bearing] trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged (destroyed) by you?