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Deuteronomy 20:1 (show verse)
When thou go forth to battle against thine enemies, and see horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, thou shall not be afraid of them, for LORD thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Armies » March in ranks » Exhorted before battle
God » Presence of » Gives courage in life's battles
divine Presence » Comfort » Gives courage in life's battles
priests » Services of » Encouraging the people when they went to war
Protection » Is vouchsafed to saints in » Defending them against their enemies
God » Presence of » Gives courage in life's battles
divine Presence » Comfort » Gives courage in life's battles
priests » Services of » Encouraging the people when they went to war
Protection » Is vouchsafed to saints in » Defending them against their enemies
Deuteronomy 20:2 (show verse)
And it shall be, when ye draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
Deuteronomy 20:3 (show verse)
and shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw near this day to battle against your enemies. Let not your heart faint. Fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye frightened at them.
Deuteronomy 20:4 (show verse)
For LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Deuteronomy 20:5 (show verse)
And 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.
Deuteronomy 20:6 (show verse)
And what man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used the fruit of it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit of it.
Agriculture » Planters of vineyards, exempted from military service
Armies » Who were exempt from service in
Armies » March in ranks » Exhorted before battle
the Armies of israel » Persons exempted from serving in » Who had planted a vineyard
Soldiers » Others exempt from service
Vineyards » Laws respecting » Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit
Armies » Who were exempt from service in
Armies » March in ranks » Exhorted before battle
the Armies of israel » Persons exempted from serving in » Who had planted a vineyard
Soldiers » Others exempt from service
Vineyards » Laws respecting » Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit
Deuteronomy 20:7 (show verse)
And what man is there who has betrothed 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.
Armies » Who were exempt from service in
Armies » March in ranks » Exhorted before battle
the Armies of israel » Persons exempted from serving in » Who were lately betrothed
Betrothal » Exempts from military duty
Betrothals » Special privileges of the betrothed
Home » Betrothals » Special privileges of the betrothed
Marriage » The jews » Betrothed themselves some time before
Marriage » The jews » Exempted from going to war immediately after
Soldiers » Others exempt from service
Armies » March in ranks » Exhorted before battle
the Armies of israel » Persons exempted from serving in » Who were lately betrothed
Betrothal » Exempts from military duty
Betrothals » Special privileges of the betrothed
Home » Betrothals » Special privileges of the betrothed
Marriage » The jews » Betrothed themselves some time before
Marriage » The jews » Exempted from going to war immediately after
Soldiers » Others exempt from service
Deuteronomy 20:8 (show verse)
And 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.
Deuteronomy 20:9 (show verse)
And 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.
Deuteronomy 20:10 (show verse)
When thou draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
Deuteronomy 20:11 (show verse)
And it shall be, if it makes to thee an answer of peace, and opens to thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found in it shall become tributary to thee, and shall serve thee.
Deuteronomy 20:12 (show verse)
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shall besiege it.
Deuteronomy 20:13 (show verse)
And when LORD thy God delivers it into thy hand, thou shall smite every male of it with the edge of the sword,
Deuteronomy 20:14 (show verse)
but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, thou shall take for a prey to thyself. And thou shall eat the spoil of thine enemies, which LORD thy God has given thee.
Deuteronomy 20:15 (show verse)
Thus thou shall do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Deuteronomy 20:16 (show verse)
But of the cities of these peoples, that LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance, thou shall save alive nothing that breathes,
Deuteronomy 20:17 (show verse)
but thou shall utterly destroy them--the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite--as LORD thy God has commanded thee,
Amorites » Judgments denounced against
the Amorites » Doomed to utter destruction
Canaan, land of » Miscellaneous topics » Wars of extermination waged against early inhabitants of
Extermination » Wars of extermination waged against early inhabitants of
Hivites » Their land given to the israelites
Jebusites » Land of, given to abraham and his descendants
Perizzites » Doomed to destruction
War » Of extermination
the Amorites » Doomed to utter destruction
Canaan, land of » Miscellaneous topics » Wars of extermination waged against early inhabitants of
Extermination » Wars of extermination waged against early inhabitants of
Hivites » Their land given to the israelites
Jebusites » Land of, given to abraham and his descendants
Perizzites » Doomed to destruction
War » Of extermination
Deuteronomy 20:18 (show verse)
that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods, so ye would sin against LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 20:19 (show verse)
When thou shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shall not destroy the trees of it by wielding an axe against them, for thou may eat of them. And thou shall not cut them down, for is the tree of
Fort » Field fortifications
Fruit trees » Care for
Siege » Conducted by erecting embankments parallel to the walls of the besieged city
Sieges » The jews forbidden to cut down fruit trees for the purpose of
Trees » Laws concerning
Trees » The jews » Prohibited from cutting down fruit-bearing, for sieges
Fruit trees » Care for
Siege » Conducted by erecting embankments parallel to the walls of the besieged city
Sieges » The jews forbidden to cut down fruit trees for the purpose of
Trees » Laws concerning
Trees » The jews » Prohibited from cutting down fruit-bearing, for sieges
Deuteronomy 20:20 (show verse)
Only the trees of which thou know that they are not trees for food, thou shall destroy and cut them down. And thou shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with thee, until it falls.