Verse 1
Deuteronomy 20:1
Literal Standard Version
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“When you go out to battle against your enemy, and have seen horse and chariot—a people more numerous than you—you are not afraid of them, for your God (Elohim) YHWH is with you, who is bringing you up out of the land of Egypt;
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי תֵצֵ֨א לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֜ה עַל אֹיְבֶ֗י/ךָ וְֽ/רָאִ֜יתָ ס֤וּס וָ/רֶ֨כֶב֙ עַ֚ם רַ֣ב מִמְּ/ךָ֔ לֹ֥א תִירָ֖א מֵ/הֶ֑ם כִּֽי יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ עִמָּ֔/ךְ הַ/מַּֽעַלְ/ךָ֖ מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
English Translation
When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots, a people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
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Chapter 20 Context
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“When you go out to battle against your enemy, and have seen horse and chariot—a people more numerou...
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and it has been, in your drawing near to the battle, that the priest has come near, and spoken to th...
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and said to them, Hear, O Israel: You are drawing near today to battle against your enemies, do not...
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for your God (Elohim) YHWH is He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies—to save y...
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And the authorities have spoken to the people, saying, Who is the man that has built a new house and...
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And who is the man that has planted a vineyard and has not made it common? Let him go and return to...
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And who is the man that has betrothed a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his ho...
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And the authorities have added to speak to the people and said, Who is the man that is afraid and te...
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And it has come to pass, as the authorities finish to speak to the people, that they have appointed...
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When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then you have called to it for peace,
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and it has been, if it answers you with peace, and has opened to you, then it has come to pass, all...
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And if it does not make peace with you, and has made war with you, then you have laid siege against...
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and your God (Elohim) YHWH has given it into your hand, and you have struck every male of it by the...
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Only, the women, and the infants, and the livestock, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you...
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So you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these na...
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Only, of the cities of these peoples which your God (Elohim) YHWH is giving to you for an inheritanc...
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for you certainly devote the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite,...
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so that they do not teach you to do according to all their abominations which they have done for the...
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When you lay siege to a city for many days to fight against it, to capture it, you do not destroy it...
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Only, the tree of which you know that it is not a fruit-tree, you destroy it, and have cut it down,...
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