Deu 20:19 | KJV | STEP | 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 an axe 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 :

‏ Deuteronomy 20:19

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 an axe 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: ^{▼▼ for the…: or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege
,} ^{▼▼ to employ…: Heb. to go from before thee}