רַ֞ק עֵ֣ץ אֲשֶׁר־תֵּדַ֗ע כִּֽי־לֹא־עֵ֤ץ מַאֲכָל֙ ה֔וּא אֹת֥וֹ תַשְׁחִ֖ית וְכָרָ֑תָּ וּבָנִ֣יתָ מָצ֗וֹר עַל־הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁר־הִ֨וא עֹשָׂ֧ה עִמְּךָ֛ מִלְחָמָ֖ה עַ֥ד רִדְתָּֽהּ׃ (פ)
Hanya pohon yang kauketahui bukan pohon penghasil makanan, pohon itulah yang boleh kaurusak dan kautebang, lalu engkau boleh membangun kubu pengepungan terhadap kota yang sedang berperang melawanmu itu, sampai kota itu takluk.
On Husbandry
[12] For he says, “Every tree whose fruit is not edible thou shalt cut down and shalt make into a palisade to resist the city, which shall make war against thee” (Deut. 20:20). The Scripture uses these trees to represent the purely intellectual activities which deal with theory alone.