Deuteronomy 20:2

World English Bible (2000)

It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 10:8-9 : 8 "The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations. 9 When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.
  • Num 31:6 : 6 Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
  • Judg 20:27-28 : 27 The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, "Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?" Yahweh said, "Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand."
  • 1 Sam 14:18 : 18 Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." For the ark of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel.
  • 1 Sam 30:7-8 : 7 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Please bring me here the ephod." Abiathar brought the ephod to David. 8 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all."
  • 2 Chr 13:12 : 12 Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don't fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper."

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  • Deut 20:3-5
    3 verses
    82%

    3and shall tell them, "Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: don't let your heart faint; don't be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;

    4for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you."

    5The officers shall speak to the people, saying, "What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

  • 1When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

  • Deut 20:8-12
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    8The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, "What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart."

    9It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

    10When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

    11It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.

    12If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:

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    15and he said, "Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat. Thus says Yahweh to you, 'Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

    16Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz. You shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

    17You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.'"

  • Num 32:20-21
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    20Moses said to them, "If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,

    21and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,

  • 12Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don't fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper."

  • 42Yahweh said to me, "Tell them, 'Don't go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be struck before your enemies.'"

  • 10When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,

  • 22You shall not fear them; for Yahweh your God, he it is who fights for you."

  • 3and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place, and follow it.

  • Deut 1:29-30
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    29Then I said to you, "Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.

    30Yahweh your God who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

  • 2The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword.

  • Josh 3:8-9
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    8You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"

    9Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God."

  • 7They said to the people, "Advance! March around the city, and let the armed men pass on before Yahweh's ark."

  • 10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

  • 17that Yahweh spoke to me, saying,

  • 9When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

  • 20Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."

  • 6Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people." They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

  • 3Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

  • 25Joshua said to them, "Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and courageous, for Yahweh will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight."

  • 20They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you shall be established! Believe his prophets, so you shall prosper."

  • 14The Levites shall answer, and tell all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

  • 5I, and all the people who are with me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

  • 1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

  • 20Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us."

  • 18I commanded you at that time, saying, "Yahweh your God has given you this land to possess it: you shall pass over armed before your brothers the children of Israel, all the men of valor.

  • 7Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous: for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.

  • 27but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says."

  • 10"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

  • 19to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

  • 18"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you come into the land where I bring you,

  • 6and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

  • 9Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, "Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you have become the people of Yahweh your God.

  • 22Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them."

  • 17When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."

  • 15Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • 14Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still."

  • 21Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses: