And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
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Gill's Exposition
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace,.... Comply with the terms of peace offered:
and open unto thee; the gates of the city and its garrisons, and deliver all into their hands:
then it…
Directions intended to prevent wanton destruction of life and property in sieges. Deu 20:16 Forbearance, however, was not to be shown toward the Canaanite nations, which were to be utterly…
They are here directed what method to take in dealing with the cities (these only are mentioned, Deu 20:10, but doubtless the armies in the field, and the nations they had occasion to deal with, are…
Cambridge Bible
tributary Heb. la-mas. Masmeans a body of forced labourers, e.g. of Israelites in Egypt, Exo 1:11, or of Solomon's levies for work in Lebanon and upon his buildings, 1Ki 5:13 (27), Deu 9:15; but…
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