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Deuteronomy 20

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  1. 1When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.50 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 32:7–8, Deuteronomy 31:8, Psalms 20:7, Deuteronomy 31:6, Isaiah 43:2
  2. 2And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,7 cross-references: Numbers 10:8–9, 2 Chronicles 13:12, Numbers 31:6, 1 Samuel 30:7–8, Judges 20:27–28
  3. 3And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;35 cross-references: Hebrews 13:6, Psalms 3:6, Revelation 2:10, Psalms 27:1–3, Joshua 23:10
  4. 4For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.27 cross-references: Exodus 14:14, Deuteronomy 3:22, Joshua 23:10, Deuteronomy 1:30, Deuteronomy 11:25
  5. 5And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.12 cross-references: Nehemiah 12:27, Numbers 31:48, 1 Samuel 17:18, Deuteronomy 1:15, Numbers 31:14
  6. 6And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.9 cross-references: Leviticus 19:23–25, Jeremiah 31:5, Deuteronomy 28:1–30, Zephaniah 1:13, Isaiah 65:22
  7. 7And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.9 cross-references: Deuteronomy 24:5, Deuteronomy 28:30, 2 Timothy 2:4, Matthew 1:18, Luke 14:18–20
  8. 8And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.22 cross-references: Judges 7:3, Revelation 21:8, Deuteronomy 1:28, Acts 15:37–38, Deuteronomy 23:9
  9. 9And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
  10. 10When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.15 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 5:18 – 2 Corinthians 6:1, Luke 10:5–6, Ephesians 2:17, Isaiah 57:19, Acts 10:36
  11. 11And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.14 cross-references: Joshua 9:27, Judges 1:28, Joshua 9:22–23, 1 Kings 9:21–22, Psalms 120:7
  12. 12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
  13. 13And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:11 cross-references: Psalms 2:6–12, Numbers 31:17–18, 1 Kings 11:15–16, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 21:8–9
  14. 14But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.18 cross-references: Joshua 8:2, Joshua 22:8, Numbers 31:9, Numbers 31:35–54, Numbers 31:18
  15. 15Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
  16. 16But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:34 cross-references: Joshua 11:14, Numbers 21:2–3, Joshua 6:17–21, Numbers 33:52, Deuteronomy 7:1–4
  17. 17But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:10 cross-references: Isaiah 34:5–6, Deuteronomy 7:1–2, Jeremiah 50:35–40, Ezekiel 38:21–23, Jeremiah 48:10
  18. 18That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.17 cross-references: Deuteronomy 12:30–31, Exodus 23:33, Ephesians 5:11, Exodus 34:16, Psalms 106:34–40
  19. 19When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:10 cross-references: John 15:2–8, Matthew 3:10, Deuteronomy 26:6, Matthew 21:19, Luke 13:7–9
  20. 20Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.7 cross-references: Deuteronomy 1:28, Ecclesiastes 9:14, Jeremiah 33:4, Ezekiel 17:17, Jeremiah 6:6

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