¹Si exieris ad bellum contra hostes tuos,“If you go out to battle against your enemies,et videris equitatusand you see horsemen and chariots,et currus,and that the multitude of your adversary’s army is greater than your own,et majorem quam tu habeas adversarii exercitus multitudinem,you shall not fear them.non timebis eos:For the Lord your God,quia Dominus Deus tuus tecum est,who led you away from the land of Egypt,qui eduxit te de terra Ægypti.is with you.

¹Si exieris ad bellum contra hostes tuos,“If you go out to battle against your enemies,et videris equitatusand you see horsemen and chariots,et currus,and that the multitude of your adversary’s army is greater than your own,et majorem quam tu habeas adversarii exercitus multitudinem,you shall not fear them.non timebis eos:For the Lord your God,quia Dominus Deus tuus tecum est,who led you away from the land of Egypt,qui eduxit te de terra Ægypti.is with you.

²Appropinquante autem jam prælio,Then, as the battle now draws near,stabit sacerdos ante aciem,the priest shall stand before the front ranks,et sic loquetur ad populum:and he shall speak to the people in this manner:

²Appropinquante autem jam prælio,Then, as the battle now draws near,stabit sacerdos ante aciem,the priest shall stand before the front ranks,et sic loquetur ad populum:and he shall speak to the people in this manner:

³Audi,‘Listen,Israël:O Israel!vos hodie contra inimicos vestros pugnam committitis:Today you engage in a battle against your enemies.non pertimescat cor vestrum,Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear.nolite metuere,Do not be apprehensive.nolite cedere,Do not yield.nec formidetis eos:You should have no dread of them.

³Audi,‘Listen,Israël:O Israel!vos hodie contra inimicos vestros pugnam committitis:Today you engage in a battle against your enemies.non pertimescat cor vestrum,Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear.nolite metuere,Do not be apprehensive.nolite cedere,Do not yield.nec formidetis eos:You should have no dread of them.

⁴quia Dominus Deus vester in medio vestri est,For the Lord your God is in your midst,et pro vobis contra adversarios dimicabit,and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf,ut eruat vos de periculo.so that he may rescue you from peril.’

⁴quia Dominus Deus vester in medio vestri est,For the Lord your God is in your midst,et pro vobis contra adversarios dimicabit,and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf,ut eruat vos de periculo.so that he may rescue you from peril.’

⁵Duces quoque per singulas turmas audiente exercitu proclamabunt:Likewise, the officers shall proclaim, throughout every company,Quis est homo qui ædificavit domum novam,in the hearing of the soldiers: ‘What man is there who has built a new house,et non dedicavit eam?and has not dedicated it?vadat, et revertatur in domum suam,Let him go and return to his house,ne forte moriatur in bello,lest perhaps he may die in the battle,et alius dedicet eam.and another man may dedicate it.

⁵Duces quoque per singulas turmas audiente exercitu proclamabunt:Likewise, the officers shall proclaim, throughout every company,Quis est homo qui ædificavit domum novam,in the hearing of the soldiers: ‘What man is there who has built a new house,et non dedicavit eam?and has not dedicated it?vadat, et revertatur in domum suam,Let him go and return to his house,ne forte moriatur in bello,lest perhaps he may die in the battle,et alius dedicet eam.and another man may dedicate it.

⁶Quis est homo qui plantavit vineam,What man is there who has planted a vineyard,et necdum fecit eam esse communem,and has not yet caused it to be common,de qua vesci omnibus liceat?so that all may eat from it?vadat,Let him go,et revertatur in domum suam,and return to his house,ne forte moriatur in bello,lest perhaps he may die in the battle,et alius homo ejus fungatur officio.and another man may carry out his office.

⁶Quis est homo qui plantavit vineam,What man is there who has planted a vineyard,et necdum fecit eam esse communem,and has not yet caused it to be common,de qua vesci omnibus liceat?so that all may eat from it?vadat,Let him go,et revertatur in domum suam,and return to his house,ne forte moriatur in bello,lest perhaps he may die in the battle,et alius homo ejus fungatur officio.and another man may carry out his office.

⁷Quis est homo,What man is there,qui despondit uxorem,who has betrothed a wife,et non accepit eam?and has not taken her?vadat,Let him go,et revertatur in domum suam,and return to his house,ne forte moriatur in bello,lest perhaps he may die in battle,et alius homo accipiat eam.and another man may take her.’

⁷Quis est homo,What man is there,qui despondit uxorem,who has betrothed a wife,et non accepit eam?and has not taken her?vadat,Let him go,et revertatur in domum suam,and return to his house,ne forte moriatur in bello,lest perhaps he may die in battle,et alius homo accipiat eam.and another man may take her.’

⁸His dictis addent reliqua,After these things have been declared,et loquentur ad populum:they shall add the remainder,Quis est homo formidolosus,and shall say to the people:et corde pavido?‘What man is there who is overwhelmed by fear and is fainthearted?vadat,Let him go,et revertatur in domum suam,and return to his house,ne pavere faciat corda fratrum suorum,lest he cause the hearts of his brothers to fear,sicut ipse timore perterritus est.just as he himself has been thoroughly stricken with fear.’

⁸His dictis addent reliqua,After these things have been declared,et loquentur ad populum:they shall add the remainder,Quis est homo formidolosus,and shall say to the people:et corde pavido?‘What man is there who is overwhelmed by fear and is fainthearted?vadat,Let him go,et revertatur in domum suam,and return to his house,ne pavere faciat corda fratrum suorum,lest he cause the hearts of his brothers to fear,sicut ipse timore perterritus est.just as he himself has been thoroughly stricken with fear.’

⁹Cumque siluerint duces exercitus,And when the officers of the army have become silent,et finem loquendi fecerint,and have completed their speech,unusquisque suos ad bellandum cuneos præparabit.each one shall prepare his unit to wage war.

⁹Cumque siluerint duces exercitus,And when the officers of the army have become silent,et finem loquendi fecerint,and have completed their speech,unusquisque suos ad bellandum cuneos præparabit.each one shall prepare his unit to wage war.

¹⁰Siquando accesseris ad expugnandam civitatem,When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it,offeres ei primum pacem.you shall first offer peace to it.

¹⁰Siquando accesseris ad expugnandam civitatem,When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it,offeres ei primum pacem.you shall first offer peace to it.

¹¹Si receperit,If they receive it,et aperuerit tibi portas,and open the gates to you,cunctus populus, qui in ea est, salvabitur,then all the people who are in it shall be saved,et serviet tibi sub tributo.and they shall serve you by paying tribute.

¹¹Si receperit,If they receive it,et aperuerit tibi portas,and open the gates to you,cunctus populus, qui in ea est, salvabitur,then all the people who are in it shall be saved,et serviet tibi sub tributo.and they shall serve you by paying tribute.

¹²Sin autem fœdus inire noluerit,But if they are not willing to enter into an agreement,et cœperit contra te bellum,and they begin to act against you in warfare,oppugnabis eam.then you shall besiege it.

¹²Sin autem fœdus inire noluerit,But if they are not willing to enter into an agreement,et cœperit contra te bellum,and they begin to act against you in warfare,oppugnabis eam.then you shall besiege it.

¹³Cumque tradiderit Dominus Deus tuus illam in manu tua,And when the Lord your God will have delivered it into your hands,percuties omne quod in ea generis masculini est,you shall strike down anyone who is in it, of the male gender,in ore gladii,with the edge of the sword,

¹³Cumque tradiderit Dominus Deus tuus illam in manu tua,And when the Lord your God will have delivered it into your hands,percuties omne quod in ea generis masculini est,you shall strike down anyone who is in it, of the male gender,in ore gladii,with the edge of the sword,

¹⁴absque mulieribus et infantibus,but not the women and young children,jumentis et ceteris quæ in civitate sunt.nor the cattle and the other things that are within the city.Omnem prædam exercitui divides,And you shall divide all the plunder to the soldiers,et comedes de spoliis hostium tuorum,and you shall eat the spoils from your enemies,quæ Dominus Deus tuus dederit tibi.which the Lord your God will give to you.

¹⁴absque mulieribus et infantibus,but not the women and young children,jumentis et ceteris quæ in civitate sunt.nor the cattle and the other things that are within the city.Omnem prædam exercitui divides,And you shall divide all the plunder to the soldiers,et comedes de spoliis hostium tuorum,and you shall eat the spoils from your enemies,quæ Dominus Deus tuus dederit tibi.which the Lord your God will give to you.

¹⁵Sic facies cunctis civitatibus, quæ a te procul valde sunt,So shall you do to all the cities which are at a great distance from you,et non sunt de his urbibus, quas in possessionem accepturus es.those which are not among the cities that you shall receive as a possession.

¹⁵Sic facies cunctis civitatibus, quæ a te procul valde sunt,So shall you do to all the cities which are at a great distance from you,et non sunt de his urbibus, quas in possessionem accepturus es.those which are not among the cities that you shall receive as a possession.

¹⁶De his autem civitatibus, quæ dabuntur tibi,But among those cities which shall be given to you,nullum omnino permittes vivere:you shall not permit anyone at all to live.

¹⁶De his autem civitatibus, quæ dabuntur tibi,But among those cities which shall be given to you,nullum omnino permittes vivere:you shall not permit anyone at all to live.

¹⁷sed interficies in ore gladii, Hethæum videlicet,Instead, you shall put them to death with the edge of the sword,et Amorrhæum,specifically:et Chananæum, Pherezæum, et Hevæum,the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite,et Jebusæum, sicut præcepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus:the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.

¹⁷sed interficies in ore gladii, Hethæum videlicet,Instead, you shall put them to death with the edge of the sword,et Amorrhæum,specifically:et Chananæum, Pherezæum, et Hevæum,the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite,et Jebusæum, sicut præcepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus:the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.

¹⁸ne forte doceant vos facere cunctas abominationes,Otherwise,quas ipsi operati sunt diis suis,they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods.et peccetis in Dominum Deum vestrum.And then you would sin against the Lord your God.

¹⁸ne forte doceant vos facere cunctas abominationes,Otherwise,quas ipsi operati sunt diis suis,they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods.et peccetis in Dominum Deum vestrum.And then you would sin against the Lord your God.

¹⁹Quando obsederis civitatem multo tempore,When you will have besieged a city for a long time,et munitionibus circumdederis ut expugnes eam,and you will have encircled it with fortifications,non succides arbores,so that you may fight against it,de quibus vesci potest,you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat,nec securibus per circuitum debes vastare regionem:neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region.quoniam lignum est,For it is a tree,et non homo,and not a man.nec potest bellantium contra te augere numerum.It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.

¹⁹Quando obsederis civitatem multo tempore,When you will have besieged a city for a long time,et munitionibus circumdederis ut expugnes eam,and you will have encircled it with fortifications,non succides arbores,so that you may fight against it,de quibus vesci potest,you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat,nec securibus per circuitum debes vastare regionem:neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region.quoniam lignum est,For it is a tree,et non homo,and not a man.nec potest bellantium contra te augere numerum.It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.

²⁰Si qua autem ligna non sunt pomifera,But if there are any trees which are not fruitful,sed agrestia, et in ceteros apta usus,but are wild, and if these are fit for other uses,succide, et instrue machinas,then cut them down, and make machines,donec capias civitatem, quæ contra te dimicat.until you have captured the city that is contending against you.”

²⁰Si qua autem ligna non sunt pomifera,But if there are any trees which are not fruitful,sed agrestia, et in ceteros apta usus,but are wild, and if these are fit for other uses,succide, et instrue machinas,then cut them down, and make machines,donec capias civitatem, quæ contra te dimicat.until you have captured the city that is contending against you.”