DEUTERONOMY 20:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“When 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:”
If you besiege a town for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you must not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; you may eat of them, but you shall not cut them down — the environmental law prohibits wanton destruction of productive trees; the food they bear justifies their preservation even in siege conditions.
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