Deuteronomy 20:9
Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.
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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.
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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.
2 And when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people,
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.
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10 Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,
- Deut 20:10-134 verses77%
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:
13 And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.
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15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.
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12 And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.
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24 This is what you have to do: take away the kings from their positions, and put captains in their places;
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48 Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,
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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.
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20 Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.
21 But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;
22 And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.
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6 And he put war chiefs over the people, and sent for them all to come together to him in the wide place at the doorway into the town, and to give them heart he said to them,
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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,
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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;
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1 And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
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7 And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.
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10 You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,
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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.
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8 Will make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and whoever comes inside your lines is to be put to death; keep with the king, when he goes out and when he comes in.
9 And the captains of hundreds did as Jehoiada the priest gave them orders; every one took with him his men, those who came in and those who went out on the Sabbath, and they came in to Jehoiada the priest.
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21 And after discussion with the people, he put in their places those who were to make melody to the Lord, praising him in holy robes, while they went at the head of the army, and saying, May the Lord be praised, for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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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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14 And Moses was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.
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3 So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.
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3 All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.
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17 To go out and come in before them and be their guide; so that the people of the Lord may not be like sheep without a keeper.
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27 But your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.
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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.
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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;
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1 Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.
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27 And let division be made of it into two parts, one for the men of war who went out to the fight, and one for all the people:
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19 So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.
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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.
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13 Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
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5 The Lord will give them up into your hands, and you are to do to them as I have given you orders.
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4 If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you.
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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.
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20 So that we may be like the other nations, and so that our king may be our judge and go out before us to war.
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2 And at the end of three days, the men in authority over the people went through the tents,
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29 Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.