Siege: An offer of Peace Must be Made to the City Before Beginning A
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Deuteronomy 20:10–12
When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace. / If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you. / But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.