Deuteronomy 20:20
Only the trees that you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, that you may build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
Tag: Care for God’s Creation
We have a Biblical responsibility to care for the creation God gave us. In the above “command” the nation of Israel, during a siege, were not to use trees that produced fruit for their siege tools. This is an example of our responsibility to care for creation. There is another example found in the next chapter:
Deuteronomy 22:6
“If you come across a bird's nest in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young.
God created this world for us to live off and to care for to honor Him. Even in a time of war we are to respect the land. We are to assure the trees and the animals are protected and respected.
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