## Onkelos Deuteronomy Chapter 20

###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:1
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אֲרֵי תִפּוֹק **לַאֲגָחָא** **קְרָבָא** עַל בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבָךְ וְתֶחֱזֵי סוּסָוָן וּרְתִכִּין עַם סַגִּי מִנָּךְ לָא תִדְחַל מִנְּהוֹן אֲרֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ **מֵימְרֵיהּ בְּסַעְדָּךְ** דְּאַסְּקָךְ מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When you go to [**wage**] war against your enemy, and you see horse and chariot, people who outnumber you; do not be afraid of them, for [**the word of**] Adonoy, your God, is with you [**will aid you**], He Who brought you up from the land of Egypt.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:2
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וִיהֵי כְּמִקְרָבְכוֹן **לַאֲגָחָא קְרָבָא** וְיִתְקְרִיב כַּהֲנָא וִימַלֵּל עִם עַמָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Now, as you [**come**] near the battle [**to wage war**], the *kohein* shall approach and speak to the people.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:3
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וְיֵימַר לְהוֹן שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתּוּן קְרִיבִין יוֹמָא דֵין **לַאֲגָחָא קְרָבָא** עַל בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבֵיכוֹן לָא יְזוּעַ לִבְּכוֹן לָא תִדְחֲלוּן וְלָא תְתְבַּהֲתוּן וְלָא **תִתָּבְרוּן** מִקֳּדָמֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He will say to them, ‘‘Hear, Yisroel! You are setting out today to battle [**to wage war**] against your enemies. Do not be faint hearted; or intimidated and do not panic, and do not be crushed [**broken**] before them;


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:4
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אֲרֵי יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן דִּמְדַבַּר **קֳדָמֵיכוֹן לַאֲגָחָא** לְכוֹן **קְרָב** עִם בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבֵיכוֹן לְמִפְרַק יָתְכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Because Adonoy, your God, marches with you [**before you**] to do battle [**wage war**] for you with your enemies to save you.’’


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:5
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וִימַלְּלוּן סָרְכַיָּא קֳדָם עַמָּא לְמֵימַר מָן גַּבְרָא דִּי בְנָא בֵיתָא חַדְתָּא וְלָא חָנְכֵיהּ יְהַךְ וִיתוּב לְבֵיתֵיהּ דִּילְמָא יְמוּת **בַּאֲגָחָא קְרָבָא** וּגְבַר אָחֳרָן יַחְנְכִנֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The officers will address the people as follows, ‘‘Whichever man has built a new house and did not inaugurate it as a dwelling, let him go and return home lest he die in battle [**while waging war**] and another man will inaugurate it.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:6
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וּמָן גַּבְרָא דִּי נְצִיב כַּרְמָא וְלָא אַחֲלֵיהּ יְהַךְ וִיתוּב לְבֵיתֵיהּ דִּילְמָא יְמוּת **בַּאֲגָחָא קְרָבָא** וּגְבַר אָחֳרָן יְחַלִּנֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And whichever man has planted a vineyard and did not redeem it[s fruit,] let him go and return home, lest he die in battle [**while waging war**] and another man redeem it.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:7
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וּמָן גַּבְרָא דִּי אֵרַס אִתְּתָא וְלָא נָסְבַהּ יְהַךְ וִיתוּב לְבֵיתֵיהּ דִּילְמָא יְמוּת **בַּאֲגָחָא קְרָבָא** וּגְבַר אָחֳרָן יִסְּבִנַּהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And whichever man has betrothed a woman and not married her, let him go and return home, lest he die in battle [**while waging war**] and another man marry her.’’


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:8
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וְיוֹסְפוּן סָרְכַיָּא לְמַלָּלָא עִם עַמָּא וְיֵימְרוּן מָן גַּבְרָא דְדָחֵל **וּתְבִיר** לִבָּא יְהַךְ וִיתוּב לְבֵיתֵיהּ וְלָא **יִתְּבַר יָת לִבָּא** דַאֲחוֹהִי כְּלִבֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The officers will further address the people and say. ‘‘Whoever is afraid or faint [**broken**] hearted, let him go and return home, and let him not destroy the resolve [**break the heart**] of his brothers like his own resolve.’’


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:9
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וִיהֵי כַּד יְשֵׁצוּן סָרְכַיָּא לְמַלָּלָא עִם עַמָּא וִימַנּוּן רַבָּנֵי **חֵילָא** בְּרֵישׁ עַמָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When the officers finish addressing the people; they will appoint army commanders at the head of the people.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:10
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אֲרֵי תִקְרַב לְקַרְתָּא לַאֲגָחָא (קְרָבָא) עֲלַהּ וְתִקְרֵי לַהּ **מִלִּין** דִּשְׁלָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When you near a city to do battle against it, you are to offer it [**words of**] peace.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:11
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וִיהֵי אִם שְׁלַם תַּעֲנִנָּךְ וְתִפְתַּח לָךְ וִיהֵי כָּל עַמָּא דְיִשְׁתְּכַח בַּהּ יְהוֹן לָךְ מַסְּקֵי **מִסִּין** וְיִפְלְחֻנָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Should it respond, ‘‘Peace!’’ and open for you, then all the people found in it will become your payers of tribute, and your servants.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:12
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/20:12)

וְאִם לָא תַשְׁלֵם עִמָּךְ וְתַעְבֵּד עִמָּךְ קְרָב וּתְצוּר עֲלַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And if it does not settle for peace with you but engages in war against you, you shall lay siege to it.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:13
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וְיִמְסְרִנַּהּ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בִּידָךְ וְתִמְחֵי יָת כָּל דְּכוּרַהּ לְפִתְגַּם דְּחָרֶב:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy, your God, will deliver it into your hand, and you will smite all its males by the sword.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:14
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לְחוֹד נְשַׁיָּא וְטַפְלָא וּבְעִירָא וְכֹל דִּי יְהֵי בְקַרְתָּא כָּל עֲדָאַהּ תֵּבוֹז לָךְ וְתֵיכוּל יָת עֲדָאָה דְסָנְאָךְ דִּי יְהַב יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
However, the women and the children, and the animals, and everything that will be in the city—all its booty—are you to plunder for yourself; you will eat the booty of your enemies that Adonoy, your God, gave you.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:15
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כֵּן תַּעְבֵּד לְכָל קִרְוַיָּא דִּי רְחִיקִין מִנָּךְ לַחֲדָא דִּי לָא מִקִּרְוֵי עַמְמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין אִנּוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
So will you do to all the cities, that are very distant from you, that are not among the cities of these nations.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:16
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לְחוֹד מִקִּרְוֵי עַמְמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין דִּי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ אַחֲסָנָא לָא תְקַיַּם כָּל נִשְׁמָתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
However, from the cities of these peoples that Adonoy, your God, is giving you as inheritance, you are not to leave any person alive.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:17
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אֲרֵי גַמָּרָא תְגַמְּרִנּוּן חִתָּאֵי וֶאֱמֹרָאֵי כְּנַעֲנָאֵי וּפְרִזָּאֵי חִוָּאֵי וִיבוּסָאֵי כְּמָא דִי פַקְּדָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Rather annihilate are you to annihilate them: the Chittites and the Emorites, the Canaanites and the Perizites, the Chivites and the Yevusites; as Adonoy, your God, commanded you.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:18
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בְּדִיל דִּי לָא יַלְּפוּן יָתְכוֹן לְמֶעְבַּד כְּכָל תּוֹעֲבָתְהוֹן דִּי עֲבָדוּ **לְטַעֲוָתְהוֹן** וּתְחוֹבוּן **קֳדָם** יְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
In order that they do not teach you to do any of their abominations that they did for their gods [**idols**], and you will sin to [**before**] Adonoy, your God.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:19
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אֲרֵי תְצוּר לְקַרְתָּא יוֹמִין סַגִּיאִין לַאֲגָחָא עֲלַהּ לְמִכְבְּשַׁהּ לָא תְחַבַּל יָת אִילָנַהּ לַאֲרָמָא עֲלוֹהִי גַּרְזְנָא אֲרֵי מִנֵּיהּ תֵּיכוּל וְיָתֵיהּ לָא תְקוּץ אֲרֵי **לָא** כַאֲנָשָׁא אִילַן חַקְלָא לְמֵיעַל מִקֳּדָמָךְ בִּצְיָרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If you besiege a city many days to wage war against it, to capture it, do not harm [any of] its trees by chopping it with an ax, because you eat from it you are not to cut it down; For, is [**not**] the tree in the field a man to join the besieged to escape you?


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 20:20
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לְחוֹד אִילָן דְּתִדַּע אֲרֵי לָא אִילַן דְּמַאֲכָל הוּא יָתֵיהּ תְּחַבַּל וּתְקוּץ וְתִבְנֵי **כַרְקוֹמִין** עַל קַרְתָּא דִּי הִיא עָבְדָא עִמָּךְ קְרָבָא עַד דְּתִכְבְּשַׁהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Only a tree that you know that it is not a fruit tree may you harm or cut down; and you will build battlements [**fortifications**] against the city that is waging war against you until it is conquered.