Catholic Public Domain Version
"Otherwise, they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods. And then you would sin against the Lord your God. "
— Deuteronomy 20:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.”
“that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God. ”
“that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.”
“so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.”
“Lest they teach you to do all the abominations which they have done to their gods: and you should sin against the Lord your God.”
“So that you may not take them as your example and do all the disgusting things which they do in the worship of their gods, so sinning against the Lord your God.”
“That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.”
So shall you do to all the cities which are at a great distance from you, those which are not among the cities that you shall receive as a possession.
But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.
Instead, you shall put them to death with the edge of the sword, specifically: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you.
Otherwise, they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods. And then you would sin against the Lord your God.
When you will have besieged a city for a long time, and you will have encircled it with fortifications, so that you may fight against it, you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat, neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region. For it is a tree, and not a man. It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.
But if there are any trees which are not fruitful, but are wild, and if these are fit for other uses, then cut them down, and make machines, until you have captured the city that is contending against you.”