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Deuteronomy 20:1 (show verse)
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.
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 when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people,
Deuteronomy 20:3 (show verse)
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;
Deuteronomy 20:4 (show verse)
For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.
Deuteronomy 20:5 (show verse)
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.
Deuteronomy 20:6 (show verse)
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.
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)
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.
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 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.
Deuteronomy 20:9 (show verse)
Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.
Deuteronomy 20:10 (show verse)
When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace.
Deuteronomy 20:11 (show verse)
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.
Deuteronomy 20:12 (show verse)
If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:
Deuteronomy 20:13 (show verse)
And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.
Deuteronomy 20:14 (show verse)
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.
Deuteronomy 20:15 (show verse)
So you are to do to all the towns far away, which are not the towns of these nations.
Deuteronomy 20:16 (show verse)
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:
Deuteronomy 20:17 (show verse)
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:
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)
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.
Deuteronomy 20:19 (show verse)
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?
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 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.