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Deu 20:19 — 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

thou shalt not		Mat 3:10; Mat 7:15-20; Mat 21:19; Luk 13:7-9; Jhn 15:2-8
for the tree, etc.		"or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege. The original is exceedingly difficult. The LXX. has it, ""Is the tree in the field a man, to enter the trench before thee?"" The Latin Vulgate: ""For it is a tree, and not a man, neither can it increase the number of those who war against thee;"" Onkelos, ""For the tree of the field is not as a man, that it should come against thee in the siege;"" and to the same purpose the Arabic, Philo, and Josephus who say, ""If trees could speak, they would cry out, that it is unjust that they, who were no cause of the war, should suffer the miseries of it."" However rendered, the sense is sufficiently clear: and it is a merciful provision to spare all the fruit trees for the support of both the besieged and besiegers. Deu 26:6"
to employ, etc.		Heb. to go from before thee.

Correlating Passages

thou shalt not

	Mat 3:10	And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
	Mat 7:15	Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
	Mat 7:16	Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
	Mat 7:17	Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
	Mat 7:18	A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
	Mat 7:19	Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
	Mat 7:20	Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
	Mat 21:19	And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
	Luk 13:7	Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
	Luk 13:8	And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung [it]:
	Luk 13:9	And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if not, [then] after that thou shalt cut it down.
	Jhn 15:2	Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
	Jhn 15:3	Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
	Jhn 15:4	Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
	Jhn 15:5	I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
	Jhn 15:6	If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
	Jhn 15:7	If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
	Jhn 15:8	Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

for the tree, etc.

Deu 26:6

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

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Scott, Thomas. "Deuteronomy 20:19," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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