Numbers 32:20

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

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  • Josh 4:12-13 : 12 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them: 13 About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.
  • Josh 22:2-4 : 2 And said to them, You have kept all the orders of Moses, the Lord's servant, and have done everything I gave you orders to do: 3 You have now been with your brothers for a long time; till this day you have been doing the orders of the Lord your God. 4 And now the Lord your God has given your brothers rest, as he said: so now you may go back to your tents, to the land of your heritage, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave to you on the other side of Jordan.
  • Deut 3:18-20 : 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. 19 But your wives and your little ones and your cattle (for it is clear that you have much cattle) may go on living in the towns I have given you; 20 Till the Lord has given rest to your brothers as to you, and till they have taken for themselves the land which the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of Jordan: then you may go back, every man of you, to the heritage which I have given you.
  • Josh 1:13-15 : 13 Keep in mind what Moses, the servant of the Lord, said to you, The Lord your God is sending you rest and will give you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle will be kept here in the land which Moses gave you on this side of Jordan; but you, the fighting-men, are to go over before your brothers, armed, to give them help; 15 Till the Lord has given your brothers rest, as he has given it to you, and they have taken their heritage in the land which the Lord your God is giving them: then you will go back to the land of your heritage which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you on the east side of Jordan.

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  • Num 32:21-22
    2 verses
    87%

    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,

    22 And the land is under the rule of the Lord: then after that you may come back, having done no wrong to the Lord and to Israel; and this land will be yours for your heritage before the Lord.

  • Num 32:27-30
    4 verses
    83%

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

    28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.

    29 And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben go with you over Jordan, every man armed for the fight before the Lord, and all the land is given into your hands, then let them have the land of Gilead for a heritage:

    30 But if they do not go over with you armed, they will have to take their heritage with you in the land of Canaan.

  • Num 31:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 Then the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

    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.

  • Num 32:32
    80%

    32 We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and you will give us our heritage on this side of Jordan.

  • Num 32:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5 And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.

    6 And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here?

  • Deut 3:18
    77%

    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 1:41-42
    2 verses
    77%

    41 Then you said to me, We have done evil against the Lord, we will go up to the attack, as the Lord our God has given us orders. And arming yourselves every one, you made ready to go up without care into the hill-country.

    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.

  • Num 34:16
    76%

    16 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Josh 4:12
    76%

    12 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:

  • Deut 31:7
    76%

    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 26:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 Let all the children of Israel be numbered, by the names of their fathers' families, all those of twenty years old and over who are able to go to war in Israel.

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

  • Num 32:17
    75%

    17 But we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel till we have taken them to their place: but our little ones will be safe in the walled towns against the people of the land.

  • Exod 32:26
    74%

    26 Then Moses took his place at the way into the tents, and said, Whoever is on the Lord's side, let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi came together to him.

  • Deut 1:30
    74%

    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;

  • Josh 1:14
    74%

    14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle will be kept here in the land which Moses gave you on this side of Jordan; but you, the fighting-men, are to go over before your brothers, armed, to give them help;

  • Exod 14:1
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    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 14:13
    74%

    13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;

  • Num 25:16
    74%

    16 Then the Lord said to Moses,

  • Deut 20:1-4
    4 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Exod 18:23
    74%

    23 If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.

  • Num 34:1
    73%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 31:25
    73%

    25 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 17:9
    73%

    9 And Moses said to Joshua, Get together a band of men for us and go out, make war on Amalek: tomorrow I will take my place on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

  • Deut 31:1
    73%

    1 So Moses said all these things to Israel.

  • Exod 10:9
    73%

    9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds; for we are to keep a feast to the Lord.

  • Num 32:25
    73%

    25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord says.

  • Deut 27:11
    73%

    11 That same day Moses said to the people,

  • Num 31:6
    73%

    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.

  • Num 32:19
    73%

    19 For we will not have our heritage with them on the other side of Jordan and forward; because our heritage has come to us on this side of Jordan to the east.

  • Num 33:50
    72%

    50 And in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 13:1
    72%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 1:3
    72%

    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.

  • Num 15:17
    72%

    17 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 26:52
    72%

    52 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 32:15
    72%

    15 For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.