Whenthougoest out to battleagainstthineenemies, and seesthorses, and chariots, and a peoplemorethanthou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is withthee, whichbroughtthee up out of the land of Egypt.
And shall say untothem, Hear, O Israel, ye approachthis day untobattleagainstyourenemies: let not yourheartsfaint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrifiedbecause of them;
And the officersshallspeakunto the people, saying, What man is therethathathbuilt a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
And what man is he thathathplanted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and returnunto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
And what man is therethathathbetrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returnunto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
And the officersshallspeakfurtherunto the people, and theyshall say, What man is therethat is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and returnunto his house, lest his brethren’sheartfaint as well as his heart.
And it shall be, if it maketheeanswer of peace, and openuntothee, then it shall be, that all the peoplethat is foundthereinshall be tributariesuntothee, and theyshallservethee.
But the women, and the littleones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoilthereof, shaltthoutakeuntothyself; and thoushalt eat the spoil of thineenemies, which the LORD thy God hathgiventhee.
But thoushaltutterlydestroythem; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hathcommandedthee:
Whenthoushaltbesiege a city a longtime, in making war against it to take it, thoushalt not destroy the treesthereof by forcing an ax againstthem: for thoumayest eat of them, and thoushalt not cut themdown (for the tree of the field is man’slife) to employthem in the siege:
Only the treeswhichthouknowestthatthey be not trees for meat, thoushaltdestroy and cut themdown; and thoushaltbuildbulwarksagainst the citythatmaketh war withthee, until it be subdued.