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Siege

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: S

By: James P. Boyd

Deuteronomy 20:19

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(sit) (Deut. 20:19¹⁹When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: (Deuteronomy 20:19)). [WAR.]

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