Deuteronomy 20:4

For the Lord your God (is He) who goeth before you to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

In Context

3and say to them, Hear, Israel: you come this day to do battle with your enemies: let not your heart waver, neither be afraid, or confounded, or broken before them;

5And the officers shall speak before the people, saying: What man is there who hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he be slain in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you the fight, and you shall be quiet.

Deuteronomy 3:22Fear them not, for the Word of the Lord your God will fight for you.

Deuteronomy 32:30How would one Pursue a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless the Mighty One had delivered them up, and the Lord had requited them!

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 20:2-10

Directions Concerning War; Persons Excused from War. ( b. c. 1451.) 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. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your… Read the whole commentary →

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