<div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1005051">Deuteronomy</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1005606">Chapter 20</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1005625">Verse 19</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1005624">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1005626">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Second Sermon of Moses to Israel</em></p><p><em>The Deuteronomic Code</em></p><p>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:</p><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1005051">Deuteronomy</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1005606">Chapter 20</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1005625">Verse 19</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1005624">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1005626">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/deut/20/19">View Deuteronomy Chapter 20 Verse 19 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>