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Deuteronomy Chapter 20

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Deuteronomy

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In this chapter the Israelites are given instructions for military service, including how to appoint leaders, prepare for war, and treat prisoners. The passage emphasizes discipline, obedience to God, and the consequences of disobedience. It also outlines the rights of captives and the importance of loyalty to the appointed commanders.

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(1) When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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Deuteronomy 3:21Deuteronomy 3:22Deuteronomy 7:1Joshua 10:5Joshua 10:6Joshua 10:7Joshua 10:8Joshua 11:4Joshua 11:5Joshua 11:6Joshua 11:9Judges 4:3

Related verses (shared words)

Joshua 11:6Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6I Kings 22:4II Kings 3:7Zechariah 10:5

(2) And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
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Numbers 10:8Numbers 10:9Numbers 31:6Judges 20:27Judges 20:28I Samuel 14:18I Samuel 30:7I Samuel 30:8II Chronicles 13:12

(3) And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
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Psalms 27:1Psalms 27:2Psalms 27:3Isaiah 35:3Isaiah 35:4Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 41:11Isaiah 41:12Isaiah 41:13Isaiah 41:14Matthew 10:16Matthew 10:28

(4) For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
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Deuteronomy 1:30Deuteronomy 3:22Deuteronomy 11:25Deuteronomy 32:30Exodus 14:14Joshua 10:42Joshua 23:10II Chronicles 13:12II Chronicles 32:7II Chronicles 32:8Psalms 144:1Psalms 144:2

(5) And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
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Deuteronomy 1:15Deuteronomy 16:18Numbers 31:14Numbers 31:48I Samuel 17:18Nehemiah 12:27Psalms 30:1

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Deuteronomy 20:6Deuteronomy 20:7I Samuel 29:4Song of Solomon 6:13Leviticus 10:6II Kings 7:4

(6) And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath 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.
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Deuteronomy 28:1Deuteronomy 28:2Deuteronomy 28:3Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:5Deuteronomy 28:6Deuteronomy 28:7Deuteronomy 28:8Deuteronomy 28:9Deuteronomy 28:10Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 28:12

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Deuteronomy 20:5Deuteronomy 20:7I Samuel 29:4Song of Solomon 6:13Leviticus 10:6II Kings 7:4

(7) And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
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Deuteronomy 22:23Deuteronomy 22:24Deuteronomy 22:25Deuteronomy 24:5Matthew 1:18Deuteronomy 28:30Luke 14:18Luke 14:19Luke 14:20II Timothy 2:4

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Deuteronomy 20:5Deuteronomy 20:6I Samuel 29:4Song of Solomon 6:13Leviticus 10:6II Kings 7:4

(8) 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.
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Deuteronomy 1:28Deuteronomy 23:9Judges 7:3Luke 9:62Acts 15:37Acts 15:38Revelation 3:16Revelation 21:8Numbers 13:31Numbers 13:32Numbers 13:33Numbers 14:1

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Song of Solomon 6:13II Kings 4:26Deuteronomy 20:5Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55

(9) And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
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Deuteronomy 1:15I Chronicles 28:1II Kings 10:25Numbers 31:14Numbers 31:48

(10) When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
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II Samuel 20:18II Samuel 20:19II Samuel 20:20II Samuel 20:21II Samuel 20:22Isaiah 57:19Zechariah 9:10Luke 10:5Luke 10:6Acts 10:36II Corinthians 5:18II Corinthians 5:19

(11) And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
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Leviticus 25:42Leviticus 25:43Leviticus 25:44Leviticus 25:45Leviticus 25:46Joshua 9:22Joshua 9:23Joshua 9:27Joshua 11:19Joshua 11:20Joshua 16:10Judges 1:28

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Revelation 10:6Joshua 24:15Judges 9:28

(12) And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
(13) And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
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Numbers 31:7Numbers 31:8Numbers 31:9Numbers 31:17Numbers 31:18I Kings 11:15I Kings 11:16Psalms 2:6Psalms 2:7Psalms 2:8Psalms 2:9Psalms 2:10

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Deuteronomy 13:15I Samuel 26:8

(14) But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
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Numbers 31:9Numbers 31:12Numbers 31:18Numbers 31:35Numbers 31:36Numbers 31:37Numbers 31:38Numbers 31:39Numbers 31:40Numbers 31:41Numbers 31:42Numbers 31:43

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Numbers 31:9Ezekiel 38:13II Chronicles 28:8Esther 8:11I Samuel 30:26Deuteronomy 3:19

(15) Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
(16) But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
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Deuteronomy 7:1Deuteronomy 7:2Deuteronomy 7:3Deuteronomy 7:4Deuteronomy 7:16Numbers 21:2Numbers 21:3Numbers 21:35Numbers 33:52Joshua 6:17Joshua 6:18Joshua 6:19

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Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Numbers 26:54Joshua 19:9

(17) But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
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Isaiah 34:5Isaiah 34:6Jeremiah 48:10Jeremiah 50:35Jeremiah 50:36Jeremiah 50:37Jeremiah 50:38Jeremiah 50:39Jeremiah 50:40Ezekiel 38:21Ezekiel 38:22Ezekiel 38:23

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Exodus 3:8Exodus 3:17Exodus 23:23Deuteronomy 7:1Joshua 3:10Joshua 12:8

(18) That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
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Deuteronomy 7:4Deuteronomy 7:5Deuteronomy 12:30Deuteronomy 12:31Deuteronomy 18:19Exodus 23:33Joshua 23:13Judges 2:3Psalms 106:34Psalms 106:35Psalms 106:36Psalms 106:37

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Judges 10:6

(19) When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
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Matthew 3:10Matthew 7:15Matthew 7:16Matthew 7:17Matthew 7:18Matthew 7:19Matthew 7:20Matthew 21:19Luke 13:7Luke 13:8Luke 13:9John 15:2

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Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12Exodus 9:25Isaiah 41:19Daniel 4:23Genesis 23:17

(20) Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
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Deuteronomy 1:28II Chronicles 26:15Ecclesiastes 9:14Isaiah 37:33Jeremiah 6:6Jeremiah 33:4Ezekiel 17:17

Related verses (shared words)

Leviticus 23:40II Chronicles 2:8Ezekiel 47:12Exodus 10:15Numbers 24:6Deuteronomy 20:19

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