9 When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it. 10 When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace. 11 If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
Deuteronomy 20:9–11
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