Laws Concerning Warfare

20 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and see (A)horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is (B)with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

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(A)“Be strong and courageous. (B)Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, (C)for there are more with us than with him. With him is (D)an arm of flesh, (E)but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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It is the Lord (A)who goes before you. He will be with you; (B)he will not leave you or forsake you. (C)Do not fear or be dismayed.”

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Some trust in (A)chariots and some in (B)horses,
    (C)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

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(A)Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, (B)for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. (C)He will not leave you or forsake you.”

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God's Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? (A)If God is for us, who can be[a] against us?

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:31 Or who is

(A)When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
    and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
(B)when you walk through fire (C)you shall not be burned,
    and the flame shall not consume you.

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Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt

31 Woe[a] to (A)those who go down to Egypt for help
    and rely on horses,
who (B)trust in chariots because they are many
    and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but (C)do not look to the Holy One of Israel
    or consult the Lord!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 31:1 Or Ah,

(A)No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just (B)as I was with Moses, so (C)I will be with you. (D)I will not leave you or forsake you.

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Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
    give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
    strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, (B)but it will not stand,
    for God (C)is with us.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  3. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

14 Therefore the (A)Lord himself will give you a sign. (B)Behold, the (C)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name (D)Immanuel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us

(A)The Lord is on my side; (B)I will not fear.
    What can man do to me?

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Have I not commanded you? (A)Be strong and courageous. (B)Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

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21 And I commanded (A)Joshua at that time, ‘Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. So will the Lord do to all the kingdoms into which you are crossing. 22 You shall not fear them, for it is (B)the Lord your God who fights for you.’

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11 (A)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

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(A)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

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12 O our God, will you not (A)execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but (B)our eyes are on you.”

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11 And Asa (A)cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, (B)for we rely on you, (C)and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.”

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12 And (A)the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, (B)“The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

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And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number (A)like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

And the Lord said to Joshua, (B)“Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall (C)hamstring their horses and burn their (D)chariots with fire.”

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Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, (A)gathered their forces and went up with all their armies and encamped against Gibeon and made war against it.

And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua (B)at the camp in Gilgal, saying, “Do not relax your hand from your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered against us.” So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and (C)all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. And the Lord said to Joshua, (D)“Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands. (E)Not a man of them shall stand before you.”

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24 By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
    and you have said, (A)With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
    to the far recesses of Lebanon,
(B)to cut down its tallest cedars,
    its choicest cypresses,
to come to its remotest height,
    its most fruitful forest.
25 I dug wells
    and drank waters,
to dry up with the sole of my foot
    all (C)the streams (D)of Egypt.

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16 (A)The king is not saved by his great army;
    a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17 (B)The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
    and by its great might it cannot rescue.

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Then the people of Israel (A)cried out to the Lord for help, for he had (B)900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in (C)the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. She sent and summoned (D)Barak the son of Abinoam from (E)Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, “Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, ‘Go, gather your men at Mount (F)Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun. And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, to meet you by (G)the river Kishon with his chariots and his troops, (H)and I will give him into your hand’?” Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” And she said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for the Lord will (I)sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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And Joshua did to them (A)just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

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