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And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

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Louis Segond 1910

Et après que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, l'aura livrée entre tes mains, tu en feras passer tous les mâles au fil de l'épée.

KJV

And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    s like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself." Therefore the Lord unsuitably commanded ( Dt. 20:13-19 ) that all the inhabitants of a captured hostile city were to be slain, but that the fruit-trees should not be cut down. Objection 5: Further, every one should prefer…

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