Deuteronomy 20:11-16

Deuteronomy 20:11-16

[11] And it shall be, if it make thee answer  of peace,  and open  unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people  that is found  therein shall be tributaries  unto thee, and they shall serve  thee. [12] And if it will make no peace  with thee, but will make  war  against thee, then thou shalt besiege  [13] And when the LORD  thy God  hath delivered  it into thine hands,  thou shalt smite  every male  thereof with the edge  of the sword:  [14] But the women,  and the little ones,  and the cattle,  and all that is in the city,  even all the spoil  thereof, shalt thou take  unto thyself; and thou shalt eat  the spoil  of thine enemies,  which the LORD  thy God  hath given  thee. [15] Thus shalt thou do  unto all the cities  which are very  far off  from thee, which  are not of the cities  of these nations.  [16] But of the cities  of these people,  which the LORD  thy God  doth give  thee for an inheritance,  thou shalt save alive  nothing that breatheth: