Deuteronomy 20:19
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「你若许久围困、攻打所要取的一座城，就不可举斧子砍坏树木；因为你可以吃那树上的果子，不可砍伐。田间的树木岂是人，叫你糟蹋吗？
「 nǐ ruò xǔ jiǔ wéi kùn 、 gōng dǎ suǒ yào qǔ de yí zuò chéng ， jiù bù kě jǔ fǔ zi kǎn huài shù mù ； yīn wèi nǐ kě yǐ chī nà shù shàng de guǒ zi ， bù kě kǎn fá 。 tián jiān de shù mù qǐ shì rén ， jiào nǐ zāo tà ma ？
When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?