When thou, in the course of a campaign during a war, comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it, by inviting the people of the city to submit peacefully, to surrender without resistance.
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Deuteronomy 20:10
10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.