Deuteronomy 20:4

for the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

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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 shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;

5The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has 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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Cross References

Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

Deuteronomy 3:22You shall not fear them; for the LORD your God himself fights for you.”

Deuteronomy 32:30How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had delivered them up?

Joshua 10:42Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

1 Samuel 14:23So the LORD saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.

2 Chronicles 13:12Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”

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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