Deuteronomy 20:11 meaning and explanation
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
Deuteronomy 20:11, Berean Standard Bible
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Deuteronomy 20 gives Israel laws for warfare as the people prepare to enter Canaan. Verses 10 to 15 address cities far away, not the Canaanite nations named later.
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