Positive Commandment #602 of 613
Offer peace terms to the inhabitants of a city while holding siege, and treat them according to the Law if they accept the terms
Commandment #602 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 20:10, classified under War and Battles in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"When you approach a city to fight against it, you shall offer it terms of peace.”
— Deuteronomy 20:10
Hebrew
י כִּי-תִקְרַב אֶל-עִיר, לְהִלָּחֵם עָלֶיהָ--וְקָרָאתָ אֵלֶיהָ, לְשָׁלוֹם.
Greek (Septuagint)
10 Ἐὰν δὲ προσέλθῃς πρὸς πόλιν ἐκπολεμῆσαι αὐτήν, καὶ ἐκκαλέσῃ αὐτοὺς μετ᾿ εἰρήνης·
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- War and Battles
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 20
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Shoftim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #527
- Mishneh Torah
- JudgesKings and Wars
Related Commandments in “War and Battles”
#164: Do not prevent a third-generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Covenant people
Deuteronomy 23:7
#165: Do not refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert
Deuteronomy 23:7
#596: Destroy the seven Canaanite nations
Deuteronomy 20:17
#597: Do not let any of the seven Canaanite nations remain alive
Deuteronomy 20:16
#598: Wipe out the descendants of Amalek
Deuteronomy 25:19
#599: Remember what Amalek did to the Israelites
Deuteronomy 25:17
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