Graphic Bible · Scene 11 of 20

Residents carry work baskets beyond an ordinary open city gate, seen beneath its timber lintel.
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Deuteronomy 20:11

Peace and Service

Hear the Battle Laws and Spare the Food Trees · Deuteronomy 20

Story guide: An open gate and people carrying work baskets accompany the condition of forced labor and service when a city opens in peace.

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11And if it answers you with peace and opens to you, then all the people found in it shall become forced labor for you and shall serve you.

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