Devarim/Deuteronomy 20:10-21:9
| 10) When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it. |
י כִּי־תִקְרַב אֶל־עִיר לְהִלָּחֵם עָלֶיהָ וְקָרָאתָ אֵלֶיהָ לְשָׁלוֹם |
| 11) And it shall be, if it makes peace with you, and opens to you, then all the people that are found therein shall be tributaries to you, and they shall serve you. |
י״א וְהָיָה אִם־שָׁלוֹם תַּעַנְךָ וּפָתְחָה לָךְ וְהָיָה כָּל־הָעָם הַנִּמְצָא בָהּ יִהְיוּ לְךָ לָמַס וַעֲבָדוּךָ׃ |
| 12) And if it will not make peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it. |
י״ב וְאִם־לֹא תַשְׁלִים עִמָּךְ וְעָשְׂתָה עִמְּךָ מִלְחָמָה וְצַרְתָּ עָלֶיהָ׃ |
| 13) And when the Lord your God has delivered it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword. |
י״ג וּנְתָנָהּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וְהִכִּיתָ אֶת־כָּל־זְכוּרָהּ לְפִי־חָרֶב׃ |
| 14) But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall take for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the Lord your God has given you. |
י״ד רַק הַנָּשִׁים וְהַטַּף וְהַבְּהֵמָה וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בָעִיר כָּל־שְׁלָלָהּ תָּבֹז לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־שְׁלַל אֹיְבֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָךְ |
| 15) Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. |
ט״ו כֵּן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְכָל־הֶעָרִים הָרְחֹקֹת מִמְּךָ מְאֹד אֲשֶׁר לֹא מֵעָרֵי הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה הֵנָּה׃ |
| 16) But of the cities of these peoples, which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall not let any soul live, |
ט״ז רַק מֵעָרֵי הָעַמִּים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה לֹא תְחַיֶּה כָּל־נְשָׁמָה׃ |
| 17) But you shall utterly destroy them—the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—as the Lord your God has commanded you, |
י״ז כִּי־הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִימֵם הַחִתִּי וְהָאֱמֹרִי הַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי הַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃ |
| 18) So that they may not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done for their gods, and you would sin against the Lord your God. |
י״ח לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יְלַמְּדוּ אֶתְכֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכֹל תּוֹעֲבֹתֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם וַחֲטָאתֶם לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם |
| 19) When you besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat from them, but you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged by you? |
י״ט כִּי־תָצוּר אֶל־עִיר יָמִים רַבִּים לְהִלָּחֵם עָלֶיהָ לְתָפְשָׂהּ לֹא־תַשְׁחִית אֶת־עֵצָהּ לִנְדֹּחַ עָלָיו גַּרְזֶן כִּי מִמֶּנּוּ תֹאכֵל וְאֹתוֹ לֹא תִכְרֹת כִּי הָאָדָם עֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה לָבֹא מִפָּנֶיךָ בַּמָּצוֹר |
| 20) Only the trees that you know are not for food, those you may destroy and cut down, that you may build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls. |
כ רַק עֵץ אֲשֶׁר־תֵּדַע כִּי לֹא־עֵץ מַאֲכָל הוּא אֹתוֹ תַשְׁחִית וְכָרָתָּ וּבָנִיתָ מָצוֹר עַל־הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר־הִוא עֹשָׂה עִמְּךָ מִלְחָמָה עַד רִדְתָּהּ |
Chapter 21
| 1) If one be found slain in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who struck him, |
א כִּי־יִמָּצֵא חָלָל בָּאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לְרִשְׁתָּהּ נֹפֵל בַּשָּׂדֶה לֹא נוֹדַע מִי הִכָּהוּ׃ |
| 2) Then your elders and your judges shall go out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around the slain. |
ב וְיָצְאוּ זְקֵנֶיךָ וְשֹׁפְטֶיךָ וּמָדְדוּ אֶל־הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹת הֶחָלָל׃ |
| 3) And it shall be, the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke. |
ג וְהָיָה הָעִיר הַקְּרֹבָה אֶל־הֶחָלָל וְלָקְחוּ זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַהִוא עֶגְלַת בָּקָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עֻבַּד בָּהּ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מָשְׁכָה בְּעֹל׃ |
| 4) And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a rugged valley, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley. |
ד וְהוֹרִידוּ זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַהִוא אֶת־הָעֶגְלָה אֶל־נַחַל אֵיתָן אֲשֶׁר לֹא יֵעָבֵד בּוֹ וְלֹא יִזָּרֵעַ וְעָרְפוּ שָׁם אֶת־הָעֶגְלָה בַּנָּחַל׃ |
| 5) And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near—for them the Lord your God has chosen to serve Him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and according to their word shall every dispute and every plague be settled— |
ה וְנִגְּשׁוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי לֵוִי כִּי בָם בָּחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְשָׁרְתוֹ וּלְבָרֵךְ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה וְעַל־פִּיהֶם יִהְיֶה כָּל־רִיב וְכָל־נָגַע |
| 6) And all the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. |
ו וְכֹל זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַהִוא הַקְּרֹבִים אֶל־הֶחָלָל יִרְחֲצוּ אֶת־יְדֵיהֶם עַל־הָעֶגְלָה הָעֲרוּפָה בַּנָּחַל׃ |
| 7) And they shall speak and say: Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it. |
ז וְעָנוּ וְאָמְרוּ יָדֵינוּ לֹא שָׁפְכוּ אֶת־הַדָּם הַזֶּה וְעֵינֵינוּ לֹא רָאוּ׃ |
| 8) Forgive, O Lord, Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not allow innocent blood to remain in the midst of Your people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them. |
ח כַּפֵּר לְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר פָּדִיתָ יְהוָה וְאַל־תִּתֵּן דָּם נָקִי בְּקֶרֶב עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנִכַּפֵּר לָהֶם הַדָּם׃ |
| 9) So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord. |
ט וְאַתָּה תְּבַעֵר הַדָּם הַנָּקִי מִקִּרְבֶּךָ כִּי־תַעֲשֶׂה הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה׃ |