Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities [which are] very far off from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these nations.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
C'est ainsi que tu agiras à l'égard de toutes les villes qui sont très éloignées de toi, et qui ne font point partie des villes de ces nations-ci.
KJV
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities [which are] very far off from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these nations.
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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