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Deuteronomy 20:11

If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

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ASV

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.

KJV

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָה֙ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
שָׁל֣וֹםsha.LompeaceH7965 →
תַּֽעַנְךָ֔ta.'an.Khait will answer youH6030 →
וּפָתְחָ֖הu.fa.te.Chahand it will openH6605 →
לָ֑ךְLakhto <the> you
וְהָיָ֞הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הָעָ֣םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
הַנִּמְצָא־ha.nim.tza'-which is foundH4672 →
בָ֗הּVahin <the> it
יִהְי֥וּyih.Yuthey will becomeH1961 →
לְךָ֛le.Khafor <the> you
לָמַ֖סla.Mas<into> forced laborH4522 →
וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃va.'a.va.Du.khaand they will serve youH5647 →

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Joshua 9:8“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’1 Kings 9:21–22their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.Judges 1:28When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.Joshua 9:22–23Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?Joshua 11:19–20No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.Leviticus 25:42–46Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.Judges 1:30–35Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.Joshua 9:27On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.Joshua 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.Psalms 120:7I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.

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