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Deuteronomy 20:2

Deuteronomy chapter 20 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

Context

v.1When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

v.2This passage

v.3and shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint; fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye affrighted at them;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 30:7

    And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

  • Numbers 10:8

    And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations.

  • 1 Samuel 14:18

    And Saul said unto Ahijah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was there at that time with the children of Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:12

    And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

  • Judges 20:27

    And the children of Israel asked of Jehovah (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

  • Numbers 31:6

    And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.