Deuteronomy 20:2

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And when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people,

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 10:8-9 : 8 The horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation. 9 And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.
  • Num 31:6 : 6 And Moses sent them out to war, a thousand from every tribe, and with them Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, taking in his hands the vessels of the holy place and the horns for sounding the note of war.
  • Judg 20:27-28 : 27 And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it,) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into your hands.
  • 1 Sam 14:18 : 18 And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.
  • 1 Sam 30:7-8 : 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Come here to me with the ephod. And Abiathar took the ephod to David. 8 Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.
  • 2 Chr 13:12 : 12 And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

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  • Deut 20:3-5
    3 verses
    82%

    3 Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you;

    4 For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

    5 And let the overseers say to the people, If there is any man who has made for himself a new house and has not gone into it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not take his house for himself.

  • Deut 20:1
    81%

    1 When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Deut 20:8-12
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    80%

    8 And let the overseers go on to say to the people, If there is any man whose heart is feeble with fear, let him go back to his house before he makes the hearts of his countrymen feeble.

    9 Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.

    10 When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace.

    11 And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.

    12 If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:

  • 2 Chr 20:15-17
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    15 And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

    16 Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.

    17 There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.

  • Num 32:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 Then Moses said to them, If you will do this, arming yourselves to go before the Lord to the war,

    21 Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,

  • 2 Chr 13:12
    72%

    12 And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

  • Deut 1:42
    71%

    42 And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

  • Deut 21:10
    71%

    10 When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;

  • Deut 3:22
    71%

    22 Have no fear of them, for the Lord your God will be fighting for you.

  • Josh 3:3
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    3 Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;

  • Deut 1:29-30
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    70%

    29 Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.

    30 The Lord your God who goes before you will be fighting for you, and will do such wonders as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

  • Judg 20:2
    70%

    2 And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.

  • Josh 3:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.

    9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.

  • Josh 6:7
    70%

    7 And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.

  • Josh 1:10
    70%

    10 Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,

  • Deut 2:17
    70%

    17 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Num 10:9
    70%

    9 And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.

  • Exod 20:20
    70%

    20 And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

  • Josh 3:6
    69%

    6 Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.

  • Num 26:3
    69%

    3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest gave them the order in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying,

  • Josh 10:25
    69%

    25 And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.

  • 2 Chr 20:20
    69%

    20 And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.

  • Deut 27:14
    69%

    14 Then the Levites are to say in a loud voice to all the men of Israel,

  • Josh 8:5
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    5 And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;

  • Num 2:1
    69%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Neh 4:20
    69%

    20 Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

  • Deut 3:18
    69%

    18 At that time I gave you orders, saying, The Lord has given you this land for your heritage: all the men of war are to go over armed before your brothers the children of Israel.

  • Deut 31:7
    69%

    7 Then Moses sent for Joshua, and before the eyes of all Israel said to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go with this people into the land which the Lord, by his oath to their fathers, has given them; by your help they will take it for their heritage.

  • Num 32:27
    69%

    27 But your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.

  • Num 35:10
    69%

    10 Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

  • Deut 6:19
    69%

    19 To send out from before you all those who are against you.

  • Num 15:18
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    18 Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land where I am guiding you,

  • Exod 19:6
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    6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.

  • Deut 27:9
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    9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

  • Exod 19:22
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    22 And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

  • Exod 32:17
    69%

    17 Now when the noise and the voices of the people came to the ears of Joshua, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the tents.

  • Josh 4:15
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    15 Then the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Exod 14:14
    69%

    14 The Lord will make war for you, you have only to keep quiet.

  • Num 31:21
    69%

    21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had been to the fight, This is the rule of the law which the Lord has given to Moses: