Numbers 32:20

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

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  • Josh 4:12-13 : 12 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them. 13 About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the LORD to fight on the rift valley plains of Jericho.
  • Josh 22:2-4 : 2 and told them:“You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the LORD’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you. 3 You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites this entire time, right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the LORD your God. 4 Now the LORD your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes in your own land which Moses the LORD’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan.
  • Deut 3:18-20 : 18 Instructions 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. 19 But your wives, children, and livestock(of which I know you have many) may remain in the cities I have given you. 20 You 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.”
  • Josh 1:13-15 : 13 “Remember what Moses the LORD’s servant commanded you. The LORD your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you. 14 Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. You must help them 15 until the LORD gives your brothers a place like yours to settle and they conquer the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to them. Then you may go back to your allotted land and occupy the land Moses the LORD’s servant assigned you east of the Jordan.”

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  • Num 32:21-22
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    21and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the LORD until he drives out his enemies from his presence

    22and the land is subdued before the LORD, then afterward you may return and be free of your obligation to the LORD and to Israel. This land will then be your possession in the LORD’s sight.

  • Num 32:27-30
    4 verses
    83%

    27but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the LORD’s presence, just as my lord says.”

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

    29Moses said to them:“If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the LORD’s presence, and you conquer the land, then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession.

    30But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan.”

  • Num 31:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1The Midianite War The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Exact vengeance for the Israelites from the Midianites– after that you will be gathered to your people.”

    3So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.

  • Num 32:32
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    32We will cross armed in the LORD’s presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River.”

  • Num 32:5-6
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    5So they said,“If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River.”

    6Moses’ Response Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites,“Must your brothers go to war while you remain here?

  • Deut 3:18
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    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.

  • Deut 1:41-42
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    41Unsuccessful Conquest of Canaan Then you responded to me and admitted,“We have sinned against the LORD. We will now go up and fight as the LORD our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country.

    42But the LORD told me:“Tell them this:‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”

  • Num 34:16
    76%

    16Appointed Officials The LORD said to Moses:

  • Josh 4:12
    76%

    12The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.

  • Deut 31:7
    76%

    7Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel,“Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the LORD promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.

  • Num 26:2-3
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    2“Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, everyone who can serve in the army of Israel.”

    3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the rift valley plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said,

  • Num 32:17
    75%

    17but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.

  • Exod 32:26
    74%

    26So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said,“Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him,

  • Deut 1:30
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    30The LORD your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt

  • Josh 1:14
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    14Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. You must help them

  • Exod 14:1
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    1The Victory at the Red Sea The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 14:13
    74%

    13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–

  • Num 25:16
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    16Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • 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.”

  • Exod 18:23
    74%

    23If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”

  • Num 34:1
    73%

    1The Southern Border of the Land Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 31:25
    73%

    25The Distribution of Spoils Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 29:40
    73%

    40(30:1) So Moses told the Israelites everything, just as the LORD had commanded him.

  • Exod 17:9
    73%

    9So Moses said to Joshua,“Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”

  • Deut 31:1
    73%

    1Succession of Moses by Joshua Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

  • Exod 10:9
    73%

    9Moses said,“We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our sheep and our cattle we will go, because we are to hold a pilgrim feast for the LORD.”

  • Num 32:25
    73%

    25So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses,“Your servants will do as my lord commands.

  • Deut 27:11
    73%

    11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:

  • Num 31:6
    73%

    6Campaign Against the Midianites So Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge of the holy articles and the signal trumpets.

  • Num 32:19
    73%

    19For we will not accept any inheritance on the other side of the Jordan River and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.”

  • Num 33:50
    72%

    50At the Border of Canaan The LORD spoke to Moses in the rift valley plains of Moab along the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said:

  • Num 13:1
    72%

    1Spies Sent Out The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 1:3
    72%

    3You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions.

  • Num 15:17
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    17Rules for First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 26:52
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    52Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 32:15
    72%

    15For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction.”