CHAPTER EXPLORER
Deuteronomy 20
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20 verses in KJV · 179 outgoing cross-reference links
Opening verses of Deuteronomy 20 (KJV)
20:1 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.
20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
20:3 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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Traditional writer attribution: Moses
Approximate study chronology: c. 1451 BC
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