NET Bible
"If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it."
— Deuteronomy 20:12, NET Bible
“And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:”
“And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: ”
“If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:”
“But if they will not make peace, and shall begin war against thee, thou shalt besiege it.”
“If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:”
“And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:”
Then, when the officers have finished speaking, they must appoint unit commanders to lead the troops.
When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.
If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves.
If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.
The LORD your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword.
However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city– all its plunder– you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the LORD your God has given you.
This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.