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Deuteronomy 20:1 (show verse)
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than you, be not afraid of them: for the LORD your God is with you, who brought 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 it shall be, when you are come near unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
Deuteronomy 20:3 (show verse)
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, you approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be you terrified because of them;
Deuteronomy 20:4 (show verse)
For the LORD your God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Deuteronomy 20:5 (show verse)
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that 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 he that has planted a vineyard, and has 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.
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 that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return unto 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 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.
Deuteronomy 20:9 (show verse)
And it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
Deuteronomy 20:10 (show verse)
When you come near unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
Deuteronomy 20:11 (show verse)
And it shall be, if it makes to you an answer of peace, and opens unto you, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall be subject unto you, and they shall serve you.
Deuteronomy 20:12 (show verse)
And if it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:
Deuteronomy 20:13 (show verse)
And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male in 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 thereof, shall you take unto yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
Deuteronomy 20:15 (show verse)
Thus shall you do unto all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Deuteronomy 20:16 (show verse)
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes:
Deuteronomy 20:17 (show verse)
But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you:
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 teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so that you should sin against the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 20:19 (show verse)
When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an ax against them: for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
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 which you know will not be 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 is subdued.