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Harness the horses;
mount the steeds;
take your positions with helmets on!
Polish the lances;
put on armor!
Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourequipping, physicalArmor ProtectionRiding Horsesarmor

"Son of man, prophesy: This is what the Lord says! You are to proclaim: A sword! A sword is sharpened and also polished. It is sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice? The scepter of My son, the sword despises every tree. The sword is given to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened, and it is polished, to be put in the hand of the slayer.

“Now prophesy, son of man, and say: This is what the Lord God says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt. You are to proclaim:

A sword! A sword
is drawn for slaughter,
polished to consume, to flash like lightning.
Verse ConceptsSparklingGod's Sword

David strapped his sword on over the military clothes and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. “I can’t walk in these,” David said to Saul, “I’m not used to them.” So David took them off. Verse ConceptsUnable To Do Other Thingsarmor

Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet!
Eat and drink!
Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!
Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilOfficersShieldsTablesAnointing ThingsEating And Drinking

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