Deuteronomy 20:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Deuteronomy 20:11 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and it hath been, if Peace it answer thee, and hath opened to thee, then it hath come to pass--all the people who are found in it are to thee for tributaries, and have served thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 20:11 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:42Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.
- Joshua 9:9“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
- Joshua 9:22Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?
- Joshua 9:27On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.
- Joshua 11:19No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
- Joshua 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
- Judges 1:28When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
- Judges 1:30Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
- 1 Kings 5:1Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
- 1 Kings 9:21their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
- Psalms 120:7I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
- Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).