Deu 20:19 | ESV | STEP | When you besiege a city for a long time , making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them. You may eat from them, but you shall not cut them down . Are the trees in the field human , that they should be besieged by you?

Deuteronomy 20:19

19 “When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, ^ayou shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them. You may eat from them, but you shall not cut them down. Are the trees in the field human, that they should be besieged by you?