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Deuteronomy 3:4

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3:4 We captured all his cities at that time – there was not a town we did not take from them – sixty cities, all the region of Argob, 1  the dominion of Og in Bashan.

Deuteronomy 20:19

Context
20:19 If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, 2  you must not chop down its trees, 3  for you may eat fruit 4  from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it! 5 
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[3:4]  1 sn Argob. This is a subdistrict of Bashan, perhaps north of the Yarmuk River. See Y. Aharoni, Land of the Bible, 314.

[20:19]  2 tn Heb “to fight against it to capture it.”

[20:19]  3 tn Heb “you must not destroy its trees by chopping them with an iron” (i.e., an ax).

[20:19]  4 tn Heb “you may eat from them.” The direct object is not expressed; the word “fruit” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[20:19]  5 tn Heb “to go before you in siege.”



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