^{11 Ref} and it hath been, if Peace it answer thee, and hath opened to thee, then it hath come to pass -- all the people who are found in it are to thee for tributaries, and have served thee.

¹² `And if it doth not make peace with thee, and hath made with thee war, then thou hast laid siege against it,

^{13 Ref} and Jehovah thy God hath given it into thy hand, and thou hast smitten every male of it by the mouth of the sword.

^{14 Ref} Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee.

¹⁵ So thou dost do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

^{16 Ref} `Only, of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee `for' an inheritance, thou dost not keep alive any breathing;