And if the witness be found false and that he hath given false witness
against his brother then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to do
unto his brother, and so thou shalt put evil away from thee. And other
shall hear and fear and shall henceforth commit no more any such
wickedness among you. And let thine eye have no compassion, but life
for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for
foot.
Chapter .xx.
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses
and chariots and people more than thou, be not afeared of them, for the
LORD thy God is with thee which brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
And when ye are come nye unto battle, let the priest come forth and
speak unto the people and say unto them: Hear Israel, ye are come unto
battle against your enemies, let not your hearts faint, neither fear
nor be amazed nor a dread of them. For the LORD thy God goeth with you
to fight for you against your enemies and to save you. And let the
officers speak unto the people saying: If any man have built a new
house and have not dedicate it, let him go and return to his house lest
he die in the battle, and another dedicate it. And if any man have
planted a vineyard and have not made it common, let him go and return
again unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another make it
common. And if any man be betrothed unto a wife and have not taken her,
let him go and return again unto his house, lest he die in the battle
and another take her. And let the officers speak further unto the
people and say. If any man fear and be fainthearted, let him go and
return unto his house, lest his brother's heart be made faint as well
as his. And when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the
people, let them make captains of war over them. When thou comest nye
unto a city to fight against it, offer them peace. And if they answer
thee again peaceably, and open unto thee, then let all the people that
is found therein be tributaries unto thee and serve thee. But and if
they will make no peace with thee, then make war against the city and
besiege it. And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine
hands, smite all the males thereof with the edge of the sword, save the
women and the children and the cattle and all that is in the city and
all the spoil thereof take unto thyself and eat the spoil of thine
enemies which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thus thou shalt do unto all
the cities which are a great way off from thee and not of the cities of
these nations. But in the cities of these nations which the LORD thy
God giveth thee to inherit, thou shalt save alive nothing that
breatheth. But shalt destroy them without redemption, both the
Hethites, the Amorites, the Cananites, the Pherezites, the Hevites and
the Iebusites, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee, that they teach
you not to do after all their abominations which they do unto their
gods, and so should sin against the LORD your God. When thou hast
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