Deuteronomy 20:2
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; and they 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; and you shall be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you shall 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 here the ark of God. 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 there 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 you fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.
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- Deut 20:3-53 verses82%
3 and 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;
4 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
5 The 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.
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1 When 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 20:8-125 verses80%
8 The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart.
9 It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.
10 When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
11 It shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
12 If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:
- 2 Chr 20:15-173 verses74%
15 and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to you, Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
16 Tomorrow go you down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 You shall not need to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; don't be afraid, nor be dismayed: tomorrow go out against them: for Yahweh is with you.
- Num 32:20-212 verses72%
20 Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war,
21 and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
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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 you fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.
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42 Yahweh said to me, Tell them, Don't go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be struck before your enemies.
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10 When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,
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22 You shall not fear them; for Yahweh your God, he it is who fights for you.
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3 and 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 remove from your place, and go after it.
- Deut 1:29-302 verses70%
29 Then I said to you, Don't dread, neither be afraid of them.
30 Yahweh your God who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
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2 The 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 3:8-92 verses70%
8 You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.
9 Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.
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7 They said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Yahweh.
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10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
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17 that Yahweh spoke to me, saying,
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9 When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
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20 Moses 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."
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6 Joshua 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.
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3 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
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25 Joshua said to them, Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Yahweh do to all your enemies against whom you fight.
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20 They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Yahweh your God, so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so shall you prosper.
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14 The Levites shall answer, and tell all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
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5 and I, 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;
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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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20 in whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you there to us; our God will fight for us.
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18 I 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.
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7 Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: 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.
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27 but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says.
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10 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
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19 to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
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18 Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come into the land where I bring you,
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6 and 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."
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9 Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you are become the people of Yahweh your God.
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22 Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them."
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17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."
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15 Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
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14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still."
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21 Eleazar 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: