Midrash for Bava Kamma 182:20
תניא נמי הכי (דברים כ, כ) רק עץ אשר תדע זה אילן מאכל כי לא עץ מאכל הוא זה אילן סרק
implying that he who poured out<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he who acted as slaughterer. ');"><sup>19</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 20:20) "Only a tree that you know": This is a fruitful tree. (Ibid. 19) "to come before you into the siege": Cut it down.
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