 | Job Orton - 1805 - 430 σελίδες
...time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them ; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down, (for the tree of the h'eld [is] ?0 man's [life]) to employ [them] in the siege : Only the trees which... | |
 | Gaius Valerius Catullus - 1821 - 248 σελίδες
...The Scriptures con. tain an injunction grounded upon the same classification. " When •' thou shall besiege a city, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof...mayest eat of them, " and thou shalt not cut them down and employ them in the " siege; only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees " for meat... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 552 σελίδες
...time,, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof, by forcing an ax against them ; for thou mayest eat of them ; and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege : Only the trees which thou knowest... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 652 σελίδες
...offerings and prayers to the god Pulliar (Ganesa) for protection and prosperity. 19.— "Thou shall not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them, for thou mayest eat of them." Can it be a matter of surprise that the Orientals have a great aversion to cut down any tree which... | |
 | Morris Jacob Raphall - 1835 - 440 σελίδες
...every good tree; " (2 Kings iii. 19;) which was a departure from the law, as there it is written : " Thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them." (Deut. xx. 19) But had the Israelites asked of Elisha, whether, in their future wars and sieges, they.might... | |
 | Book - 1837 - 232 σελίδες
...the Mosaic dispensation, it was also enacted, that even in an enemy's country, and in time of war, " thou shalt not destroy the trees .thereof, by forcing an axe against them: thou mayest eat of them, but thou shalt. not cut them down, for the tree of the field is man's life."... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1854 - 490 σελίδες
...DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER XL 19. When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing...mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down, (for the tree of the field is man's lift,) to employ them in the siege: 20. Only the trees which thou... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1844 - 662 σελίδες
...having first made offerings and prayers to the god Pulliar (Ganesa) for protection and prosperity. Thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them : for thou mayest eat of them.—Verse I9. Can it be a matter of surprise that the Orientals have a great aversion to cut down... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1847 - 606 σελίδες
...law from Sinai : " When thou shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing...mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down ; for the tree of the field is man's life. Only the trees which lhou knowest lhal Ihey be not trees... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1847 - 386 σελίδες
...Moses. When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou slialt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against...mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege : only the trees which thou knowest... | |
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When thou shalt besiege a city, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof, by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them ; and thou shalt not cut them down, to employ them in the siege. Only the trees 
