Deuteronomy 20
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Words of encouragement and proclamation about those who went to war | ||
| When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt. | When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, 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. | |
Verse 1 WEB When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, 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. KJV When 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. TSK goest out: de 3:21,22, de 7:1; horses: jos 10:5-8, jos 11:4-6,9, jud 4:3-9, 2ch 14:11, 2ch 20:12, ps 20:7, ps 33:16,17, isa 31:1, isa 37:24,25; the Lord: de 2:7, de 31:6,8, ge 26:3, nu 23:21, jos 1:5,9, jud 6:12, 2ch 32:7,8, ps 46:7,11, ps 118:6, isa 7:14, isa 8:9,10, isa 43:2, ro 8:31 |
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| And when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people, | It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people, | |
Verse 2 WEB It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people, KJV And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, TSK And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,: nu 10:8,9, nu 31:6, jud 20:27,28, 1sa 14:18, 1sa 30:7,8, 2ch 13:12 |
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| Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you; | 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; | |
Verse 3 WEB 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; KJV And 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; TSK let not: ps 27:1-3, isa 35:3,4, isa 41:10-14, mt 10:16,28,31, eph 6:11-18, 1th 5:15, heb 12:12,13, re 2:10; faint: isa 28:16; be ye terrified: ps 3:6, isa 8:12,13, isa 57:7,8, mt 8:26, mr 16:6,18, ac 18:9,10, ac 27:24, 1ti 6:12, heb 13:6 |
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| For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you. | for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.” | |
Verse 4 WEB for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.” KJV For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. TSK to fight: de 1:30, de 3:22, de 11:25, de 32:30, ex 14:14, jos 10:42, jos 23:10, 2ch 13:12, 2ch 32:7,8, ps 144:1,2, ro 8:37 |
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| And let the overseers say to the people, If there is any man who has made for himself a new house and has not gone into it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not take his house for himself. | 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. | |
Verse 5 WEB 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. KJV And 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. TSK the officers: de 1:15, de 16:18, nu 31:14,48, 1sa 17:18; dedicated: ne 12:27, ps 30:1 |
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| Or if any man has made a vine-garden without taking the first-fruits of it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not be the first to make use of the fruit. | What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit. | |
Verse 6 WEB What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit. KJV And 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. TSK eaten of it: de 28:1-30, le 19:23-25, jer 31:5; lest he die: isa 65:22, zep 1:13 |
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| Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her. | What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.” | |
Verse 7 WEB What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.” KJV And 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. TSK bethrothed a wife: de 22:23-25, de 24:5, mt 1:18; lest he die: de 28:30, lu 14:18-20, 2ti 2:4 |
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| And let the overseers go on to say to the people, If there is any man whose heart is feeble with fear, let him go back to his house before he makes the hearts of his countrymen feeble. | The 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.” | |
Verse 8 WEB The 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.” KJV And 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. TSK fearful: de 1:28, de 23:9, jud 7:3, lu 9:62, ac 15:37,38, re 3:16, re 21:8; lest his brethren's: nu 13:31-33, nu 14:1-3, nu 32:9, 1co 15:33; faint: de 1:28, ex 15:15 |
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| Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army. | It 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. | |
Verse 9 WEB It 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. KJV And 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. TSK No cross references. |
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Peace to be offered, What cities were to be devoted | ||
| When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace. | When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it. | |
Verse 10 WEB When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it. KJV When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. TSK then proclaim: 2sa 20:18-22, isa 57:19, zec 9:10, lu 10:5,6, ac 10:36, 2co 5:18-21, 2co 6:1, eph 2:17 |
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| And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants. | It 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. | |
Verse 11 WEB It 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. KJV And 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. TSK tributaries: le 25:42-46, jos 9:22,23,27, jos 11:19,20, jos 16:10, jud 1:28,30-35, 1ki 9:21,22, ps 120:7, lu 19:14 |
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| If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides: | If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it: | |
Verse 12 WEB If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it: KJV And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: TSK No cross references. |
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| And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy. | and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword: | |
Verse 13 WEB and when Yahweh your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword: KJV And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: TSK thou shalt smite: nu 31:7-9,17,18, 1ki 11:15,16, ps 2:6-12, ps 21:8,9, ps 110:1, lu 19:27, 2th 1:7-9 |
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| But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food. | but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you. | |
Verse 14 WEB but the women, and the little ones, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which Yahweh your God has given you. KJV But 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. TSK the women: nu 31:9,12,18,35-54, jos 8:2, jos 11:14, 2ch 14:13-15, 2ch 20:25, ps 68:12, ro 8:37; thou shalt eat: jos 22:8 |
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| So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations. | Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. | |
Verse 15 WEB Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. KJV Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. TSK No cross references. |
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| But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death: | But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes; | |
Verse 16 WEB But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes; KJV But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: TSK But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:: de 7:1-4,16, nu 21:2,3,35, nu 33:52, jos 6:17-21, jos 9:24,27, jos 10:28,40, jos 11:11,12,14 |
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| Give them up to the curse; the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the Lord your God has given you orders: | but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Yahweh your God has commanded you; | |
Verse 17 WEB but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Yahweh your God has commanded you; KJV But 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: TSK thou shalt: isa 34:5,6, jer 48:10, jer 50:35-40, eze 38:21-23, re 19:18; the Hittites: de 7:1 |
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| So that you may not take them as your example and do all the disgusting things which they do in the worship of their gods, so sinning against the Lord your God. | that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God. | |
Verse 18 WEB that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God. KJV That 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. TSK That 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.: de 7:4,5, de 12:30,31, de 18:19, ex 23:33, jos 23:13, jud 2:3, ps 106:34-40, 1co 15:33, 2co 6:17, eph 5:11, 2th 3:14, 1ti 6:5, 2ti 2:17,18, re 18:3-5 |
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| If in war a town is shut in by your armies for a long time, do not let its trees be cut down and made waste; for their fruit will be your food; are the trees of the countryside men for you to take up arms against them? | When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you? | |
Verse 19 WEB When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you? KJV When 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 ax 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: TSK thou shalt not: mt 3:10, mt 7:15-20, mt 21:19, lu 13:7-9, joh 15:2-8; for the tree, etc.: de 26:6 |
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| Only those trees which you are certain are not used for food may be cut down and put to destruction: and you are to make walls of attack against the town till it is taken. | Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall. | |
Verse 20 WEB Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall. KJV Only 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. TSK thou shalt build: de 1:28, 2ch 26:15, ec 9:14, isa 37:33, jer 6:6, jer 33:4, eze 17:17 |
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