You must be certain to tithe ¹  all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year.

“You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.

He, ¹  the God who leads you, will expel the nations little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them all at once lest the wild animals overrun you.

If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, ¹  you must not chop down its trees, ²  for you may eat fruit ³  from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it! ⁴