Deuteronomy 20:5

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Moreover, the officers are to say to the troops,“Who among you has built a new house and not dedicated it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else dedicate it.

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  • Neh 12:27 : 27 The Wall of Jerusalem is Dedicated At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
  • Num 31:14 : 14 The Death of the Midianite Women But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
  • Num 31:48 : 48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses
  • Deut 1:15 : 15 So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
  • 1 Sam 17:18 : 18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are doing and bring back their pledge that they received the goods.
  • Ps 30:1 : 1 A psalm– a song used at the dedication of the temple; by David. I will praise you, O LORD, for you lifted me up, and did not allow my enemies to gloat over me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 20:6-13
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    6Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it.

    7Or who among you has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her.”

    8In addition, the officers are to say to the troops,“Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier’s heart as fearful as his own.”

    9Then, when the officers have finished speaking, they must appoint unit commanders to lead the troops.

    10When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.

    11If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves.

    12If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it.

    13The LORD your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword.

  • Deut 24:5
    72%

    5When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married.

  • Deut 22:8
    72%

    8If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

  • Deut 20:1-4
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    1Laws Concerning War with Distant Enemies When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

    2As you move forward for battle, the priest will approach and say to the soldiers,

    3“Listen, Israel! Today you are moving forward to do battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. Do not fear and tremble or be terrified because of them,

    4for the LORD your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory.”

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    69%

    19Now seek the LORD your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the LORD God! Then you can bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service into the temple that is built to honor the LORD.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:44
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    44“When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the LORD toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,

  • 2 Chr 6:34
    68%

    34“When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to you toward this chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,

  • Deut 21:10
    68%

    10Laws Concerning Wives When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the LORD your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners,

  • Deut 6:10
    68%

    10Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you– a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

  • Deut 8:12
    68%

    12When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

  • Deut 20:19-20
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    19If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, you must not chop down its trees, for you may eat fruit from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it!

    20However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, and you may use it to build siege works against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.

  • 1 Chr 26:27
    67%

    27They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the LORD’s temple.

  • Deut 20:15
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    15This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.

  • Jer 35:7
    67%

    7Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.’

  • Jer 29:5
    67%

    5‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

  • Num 32:20
    67%

    20Then Moses replied,“If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,

  • Deut 19:1
    67%

    1Laws Concerning Manslaughter When the LORD your God destroys the nations whose land he is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses,

  • Josh 1:10
    67%

    10Joshua Prepares for the Invasion Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:

  • 2 Tim 2:4
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    4No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.

  • Lev 27:14-15
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    14Redemption of Vowed Houses“‘If a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, the priest will establish its conversion value, whether good or bad. Just as the priest establishes its conversion value, thus it will stand.

    15If the one who consecrates it redeems his house, he must add to it one fifth of its conversion value in silver, and it will belong to him.

  • Deut 28:30
    66%

    30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

  • Josh 22:19
    66%

    19But if your own land is impure, cross over to the LORD’s own land, where the LORD himself lives, and settle down among us. But don’t rebel against the LORD or us by building for yourselves an altar aside from the altar of the LORD our God.

  • Deut 12:9-10
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    66%

    9for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.

    10When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.

  • Prov 24:27
    66%

    27Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.

  • Deut 3:18-20
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    66%

    18Instructions to the Transjordanian Tribes At that time I instructed you as follows:“The LORD your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites equipped for battle.

    19But your wives, children, and livestock(of which I know you have many) may remain in the cities I have given you.

    20You must fight until the LORD gives your countrymen victory as he did you and they take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then each of you may return to his own territory that I have given you.”

  • 1 Chr 28:3
    66%

    3But God said to me,‘You must not build a temple to honor me, for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.’

  • Josh 22:23
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    23If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the LORD by making burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering tokens of peace on it, the LORD himself will punish us.

  • 2 Kgs 22:5
    66%

    5Have them hand it over to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD’s temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it,

  • Num 31:27-28
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    27Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war– who went out to battle– and the other for all the community.

    28“You must exact a tribute for the LORD from the fighting men who went out to battle: one life out of five hundred, from the people, the cattle, and from the donkeys and the sheep.

  • Num 32:18
    65%

    18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance.

  • Josh 24:13
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    13I gave you a land in which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

  • 1 Chr 28:10
    65%

    10Realize now that the LORD has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

  • Josh 22:26
    65%

    26So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

  • Deut 19:3
    65%

    3You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the LORD your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.