Deuteronomy 20 Cross References - MSTC

¹ When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses and chariots and people more than thou, be not afeared of them, for the LORD thy God is with thee which brought thee out of the land of Egypt. ² And when ye are come nigh unto battle, let the priest come forth and speak unto the people, ³ and say unto them, 'Hear Israel, ye are come unto battle against your enemies, let not your hearts faint, neither fear nor be amazed nor a dread of them. ⁴ For the LORD thy God goeth with you to fight for you against your enemies and to save you.' ⁵ And let the officers speak unto the people, saying, 'If any man have built a new house and have not dedicate it, let him go and return to his house lest he die in the battle, and another dedicate it. ⁶ And if any man have planted a vineyard and have not made it common, let him go and return again unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another make it common. ⁷ And if any man be betrothed unto a wife and have not taken her, let him go and return again unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another take her.' ⁸ And let the officers speak further unto the people, and say, 'If any man fear and be fainthearted, let him go and return unto his house, lest his brother's heart be made faint as well as his.' ⁹ And when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, let them make captains of war over them. ¹⁰ When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, offer them peace. ¹¹ And if they answer thee again peaceably, and open unto thee, then let all the people that is found therein be tributaries unto thee and serve thee. ¹² But and if they will make no peace with thee, then make war against the city and besiege it. ¹³ And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, smite all the males thereof with the edge of the sword, ¹⁴ save the women and the children and the cattle and all that is in the city and all the spoil thereof take unto thyself and eat the spoil of thine enemies which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ¹⁵ Thus thou shalt do unto all the cities which are a great way off from thee and not of the cities of these nations. ¹⁶ But in the cities of these nations which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth. ¹⁷ But shalt destroy them without redemption, both the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perezites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee, ¹⁸ that they teach you not to do after all their abominations which they do unto their gods, and so should sin against the LORD your God. ¹⁹ When thou hast besieged a city long time in making war against it to take it, destroy not the trees thereof, that thou wouldest thrust an axe unto them. For thou mayest eat of them, and therefore destroy them not. For the trees of the fields are no men that they might come against thee to besiege thee. ²⁰ Neverthelater those trees which thou knowest that men eat not of them, thou mayest destroy and cut them down and make bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be overthrown.

³ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give all these countries. And I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father,

²¹ He beheld no wickedness in Jacob, nor saw Idolatry in Israel: The LORD his God is with him, and the tromp of a king among them.

⁷ For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thine hand, and knew thee as thou wentest through this great wilderness. Moreover, the LORD thy God hath been with thee this forty years, so that thou hast lacked nothing.'

²¹ And I warned Joshua the same time, saying, 'Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings; even so the LORD will do unto all kingdoms whither thou goest. ²² Fear them not, for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you.'

¹ When the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee: the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perezites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; seven nations more in number and mightier than thou:

⁶ Pluck up your hearts and be strong, dread not nor be afeared of them: for the LORD thy God himself will go with thee, and will neither let thee go nor forsake thee."

⁸ And the LORD he shall go before thee and he shall be with thee, and will not let thee go nor forsake thee. Fear not, therefore, nor be discomforted."

⁵ There shall not a man be able to withstand thee all the days of thy life. For as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee and will neither leave thee, nor forsake thee.

⁹ Behold, I have said unto thee, be strong and bold: neither fear, nor dread. For the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."

⁵ Then the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon gathered themselves together, both they and all their hosts and went up and besieged Gibeon, and made war against it. ⁶ But the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua unto the host to Gilgal, saying, "Withdraw not thy hands from thy servants, but come up to us: for all the kings of the Amorites which dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us." ⁷ And Joshua ascended from Gilgal, both he and all the people of war with him, and all the men of might, ⁸ and the LORD said unto Joshua, fear them not, for I have delivered them unto thine hand, there shall not a man of them stand before thee.

⁴ which came out, and all their hosts with them, a multitude of folk even as the sands of the sea in number with horses and chariots exceeding many. ⁵ And all these kings met together, and came and pitched together upon the water of Merom, for to fight with Israel. ⁶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, "Be not afraid of them: for tomorrow about this time I will deliver them all slain, before all Israel: and thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire."

⁹ And Joshua served them as the LORD bade him, houghed their horses and burnt their chariots with fire.

³ And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; He oppressed the children of Israel with power twenty years. ⁴ And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth judged Israel the same time, ⁵ and dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel, in mount Ephraim. And the children of Israel came to her for judgment. ⁶ And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh in Naphtali, and said unto him, "The LORD God of Israel commandeth thee, that thou go and draw to mount Tabor and take with thee ten thousand men, of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun. ⁷ And I will bring unto the river Kishon, Sisera, the Captain of war unto Jabin — with his chariots, and his people — and will deliver them into thine hands." ⁸ And Barak said unto her, "If thou wilt go with me, I will go: But and if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go." ⁹ And she answered, "I will surely go with thee, but then the praise shall not be thine in the way which thou goest, for the LORD shall deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman." And she arose and went with Barak to Kadesh.

¹² And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said, "The LORD is with thee, thou man of might."

¹¹ And Asa cried unto the LORD his God and said, "LORD, it is all one with thee to help them that have no power, with few or with many: help us O LORD our God, for we trust to thee, and in thine name be come against this multitude. Thou art the LORD our God: let not man prevail against thee."

¹² O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us. Neither know we what to do: but our eyes be unto thee."

⁷ "Pluck up your hearts and be strong: Be not afraid or in any wise discouraged for dread of the king of Assyria, and of the great multitude that is with him: for there is one greater with us than with him. ⁸ With him is an arm of flesh: But with us is the LORD our God for to help us and to fight our battles!" And the people were well couraged with the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

⁷ Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

¹⁶ There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of a host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength. ¹⁷ A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man; neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength.

⁷ The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

¹¹ The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

⁶ The LORD is on my side; I will not fear what man doeth unto me.

¹⁴ Neverthelater, yet the Lord, he will give you a sign. Behold: a virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

⁹ Go together ye people, and gather you, hearken to all ye of far countries. Muster you, and you shall be broken down: prepare you to battle and you shall be torn in pieces. ¹⁰ Take your counsel together, yet must your counsel come to nought; go in hand withal, yet shall it not prosper. For God is with us.

¹ Woe be unto them that go down into Egypt for help, and trust in horses, and comfort themselves in chariots, because they be many, and in horsemen because they be lusty and strong. But they regard not the holy one of Israel, and they ask no question at the LORD.

²⁴ Thou with thy servants hast blasphemed the LORD and thus holdest thou of thyself, I cover the high mountains, and sides of Lebanon with my horsemen. And there will I cut down the high Cedar trees and the fairest Fir trees. I will up into the height of it, and into the chiefest of his timber woods. ²⁵ If there be no water, I will grave and drink. And as for waters of defense, I shall dry them up with the feet of mine Host.

² If thou goest through the water, I will be with thee, that the strong floods should not pluck thee away. When thou walkest in the fire, it shall not burn thee, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.

³¹ What shall we then say unto these things? if God be on our side: who can be against us?

⁸ And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets and shall have them and it shall be a law unto you forever and among your children after you. ⁹ "And when ye shall go to war in your land against your enemies that vex you, ye shall trump with the trumpets and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

⁶ And Moses sent them — a thousand of every tribe, with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest — to war, and the holy vessels and the trumpets to blow with, in his hand.

²⁷ And they asked the LORD — for there was the ark of the covenant of God, in those days; ²⁸ and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron waiting upon it at that time — and they said, "Shall we go out any more to battle against the children of Benjamin our brethren, or shall we cease?" And the LORD said, "Go. For tomorrow I will deliver them into your hands."

¹⁸ And then Saul said unto Ahijah, "Bring hither the ark of God." For the ark of God was at the time with the children of Israel.

⁷ But David took a good courage to him in the LORD his God and said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, "Bring me the ephod." And Abiathar brought the ephod to David. ⁸ And David asked the LORD, saying, "Shall I follow after this company? And shall I overtake them?" And he said to him, "Follow, for thou shalt overtake them and recover the prey."

¹² Moreover, see: God is with us in the forward; and his priests, and the roaring trumpets to cry alarm against you. Ye children of Israel, fight not with the LORD God of your fathers: for it will not prosper with you."

¹⁰ One of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God he fighteth for you, as he hath said unto you.

⁶ I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me.

¹ {A Psalm of David} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then should I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid? ² When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. ³ Though a host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid; and though there rose up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him.

¹² "Round with none of them, whosoever say, 'Yonder people are bound together.' Nevertheless fear them not, neither be afraid of them, ¹³ but sanctify the LORD of Hosts: let him be your fear and dread.

¹⁶ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: "Behold, I will lay a stone in Zion, a great stone, a costly corner stone, for a sure foundation: that whoso putteth his trust in him, shall not be confounded.

³ And therefore strengthen the weak hands, and comfort the feeble knees. ⁴ Say unto them that are of a fearful heart, "Be of good cheer, and fear not. Behold, your God cometh, to take vengeance, and to reward, God cometh his own self, and will deliver you."

¹⁰ Be not afraid, for I will be with thee. Look not behind thee, for I will be thy God, to strengthen thee, help thee, and to keep thee with this righthand of mine. ¹¹ Behold, all they that resist thee, shall come to confusion and shame: and thine adversaries shall be destroyed and brought to naught. ¹² So that whoso seeketh after them, shall not find them. Thy destroyers shall perish, and so shall they that undertake to make battle against thee. ¹³ For I, thy LORD and God, will strengthen thy righthand. Even I that say unto thee, 'Fear not,' I will help thee. ¹⁴ Be not afraid, thou little worm Jacob, and thou despised Israel: for I will help thee, sayeth the LORD, and the holy one of Israel thine avenger.

⁷ Thou hast made thy bed upon high mountains; thou wentest up thither, and there hast thou slain sacrifices. ⁸ Behind the doors and posts, hast thou set up thy remembrance: When thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, when thou wentest down and made thy bed wider, when thou didst carve the certain of yonder Idols, and lovedest their couches, where thou sawest them.

²⁶ And he said unto them, "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?" Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there followed a great calm.

¹⁶ "Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

²⁸ And fear ye not them which kill the body, and be not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body into hell.

³¹ Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

⁶ And he said unto them, "Be not afraid. Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified. He is risen, he is not here. Behold the place, where they put him.

¹⁸ and shall kill serpents. And if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay their hands on the sick, and they shall recover."

⁹ Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, "Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: ¹⁰ for I am with thee, and no man shall invade thee that shall hurt thee. For I have much people in this city."

²⁴ saying, 'Fear not Paul, for thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath given unto thee all that sail with thee.'

¹¹ Put on the armour of God, that ye may stand steadfast against the crafty assaults of the devil. ¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood: but against rule, against power, and against worldly rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness for heavenly things. ¹³ For this cause, take unto you the armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand perfect in all things. ¹⁴ Stand, therefore, and your loins gird about with verity, having on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and shod with shoes prepared by the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ Above all, take to you the shield of faith, wherewith ye may quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, ¹⁸ and pray always with all manner prayer and supplication — and that in the spirit — and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints,

¹⁵ See that none recompense evil for evil unto any man: but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

¹² Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hand on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

¹² Stretch forth therefore again the hands which were let down, and the weak knees, ¹³ and see that ye have straight steps unto your feet, lest any halting turn out of the way: yea, let it rather be healed.

⁶ That we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man doeth unto me."

¹⁰ Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

¹⁴ The LORD shall fight for you and ye shall hold your peace."

³⁰ The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did unto you in Egypt before your eyes

²² Fear them not, for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you.'

²⁵ There shall no man be able to stand before you: the LORD your God shall cast the fear and dread of you upon all lands whither ye shall come, as he hath said unto you,

³⁰ How cometh it that one shall chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand of them to flight — except their rock had sold them, and because the LORD had delivered them.

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

¹ {A Psalm of David} Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. ² My hope and my castle, my defense and my deliverer, my shield in whom I trust, which subdueth the people that is under me.

³⁷ Nevertheless, in all these things we overcome strongly through his help that loved us.

¹⁴ And Moses was angry with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands and over hundreds, which came from war and battle,

⁴⁸ And the officers of thousands of the host, the captains over the thousands and the captains over the hundreds came forth and said unto Moses,

¹⁵ And then I took the heads of your tribes, men of wisdom and that were expert, and made them rulers over you: captains over thousands and over hundreds, over fifty and over ten, and officers among your tribes.

¹⁸ Judges and officers thou shalt make thee in all thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee throughout thy tribes: And let them judge the people righteously.

¹⁸ And carry these ten fresh cheeses unto the captain, and look how thy brethren fare, and set out their pledges."

²⁷ And in the dedication of the wall at Jerusalem, were the Levites sought out of all their places, that they might be brought to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication and gladness, with thanksgivings, with singing, with cymbals, Psalteries, and harps.

¹ {A Psalm and song of the dedication of the house of David} I will magnify thee, O LORD; for thou hast set me up, and not suffered my foes to triumph over me.

²³ And when ye come to the land and have planted all manner of trees whereof men eat, ye shall hold them uncircumcised as concerning their fruit: even three year shall they be uncircumcised unto you and shall not be eaten of, ²⁴ and the fourth year all the fruit of them shall be holy and acceptable to the LORD. ²⁵ And the fifth year may ye eat of the fruit of them, and gather in the increase of them. I am the LORD your God.

¹ If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, the LORD will set thee on high above all nations of the earth. ² And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the town and blessed in the fields; ⁴ blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattle, the fruit of thine oxen, and thy flocks of sheep; ⁵ blessed shall thine almery be and thy store. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be, both when thou goest out, and blessed when thou comest in. ⁷ The LORD shall smite thine enemies that rise against thee before thy face. They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. ⁸ The LORD shall command the blessing to be with thee in thy store houses and in all that thou settest thine hand to, and will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ⁹ "The LORD shall make thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God and walk in his ways. ¹⁰ And all nations of the earth shall see that thou art called after the name of the LORD, and they shall be afeared of thee. ¹¹ And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, in the fruit of thy cattle and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. ¹² "The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, even the heaven, to give rain unto thy land in due season and to bless all the labours of thine hand. And thou shalt lend unto many nations, but shalt not need to borrow thyself. ¹³ And the LORD shall set thee before and not behind, and thou shalt be above only and not beneath: if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God which I command thee this day to keep and to do them. ¹⁴ And see that thou bow not from any of these words which I command thee this day, either to the righthand or to the left, that thou wouldest go after strange gods to serve them. ¹⁵ "But and if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God to keep and to do all his commandments and ordinances which I command thee this day; then all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee: ¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the town, and cursed in the field; ¹⁷ cursed shall thine almery be and thy store. ¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land be and the fruit of thine oxen and the flocks of thy sheep. ¹⁹ And cursed shalt thou be when thou goest in, and when thou goest out. ²⁰ And the LORD shall send upon thee cursing, going to nought, and complaining in all that thou settest thine hand to; whatsoever thou doest, until thou be destroyed and brought to nought quickly, because of the wickedness of thine inventions in that thou hast forsaken the LORD. ²¹ And the LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from the land whither thou goest to enjoy it. ²² And the LORD shall smite thee with swelling, with fevers, heat, burning, weathering, with smiting and blasting. And they shall follow thee, until thou perish. ²³ "And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron. ²⁴ And the LORD shall turn the rain of the land unto powder and dust: even from heaven they shall come down upon thee, until thou be brought to nought. ²⁵ And the LORD shall plague thee before thine enemies: Thou shalt come out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them, and shalt be scattered among all the kingdoms of the earth. ²⁶ And thy carcass shall be meat unto all manner fowls of the air and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. ²⁷ "And the LORD will smite thee with the botches of Egypt and the hemorrhoids, scall and manginess, that thou shalt not be healed thereof. ²⁸ And the LORD shall smite thee with madness, blindness and dazing of heart. ²⁹ And thou shalt grope at noonday as the blind gropeth in darkness, and shalt not come to the right way. And thou shalt suffer violence and wrong all thy life long, and no man shall help thee. ³⁰ Thou shalt be betrothed unto a wife, and another shall lie with her. Thou shalt build a house and another shall dwell therein. Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not make it common.

²² They shall not build, and another possess; they shall not plant, and another eat. But the life of my people shall be like a tree, and so shall the work of their hands.

⁵ Thou shalt plant vines again upon the hills of Samaria, and the grape gathers shall plant and sing.

¹³ Their goods shall be spoiled, and their houses laid waste. They shall build houses, and not dwell in them: they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

²³ If a maid be handfasted unto a husband, and then a man find her in the town and lay with her, ²⁴ then ye shall bring them both out unto the gates of that same city and shall stone them with stones to death: The damsel because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put away evil from thee. ²⁵ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field and force her and lie with her: Then the man that lay with her shall die alone,

⁵ When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go a warfare neither shall be charged with any business: but shall be free at home one year and rejoice with his wife which he hath taken.

³⁰ Thou shalt be betrothed unto a wife, and another shall lie with her. Thou shalt build a house and another shall dwell therein. Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not make it common.

¹⁸ The birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came to dwell together, she was found with child by the holy ghost.

¹⁸ And they all at once began to make excuse. The first said unto him, 'I have bought a farm, and I must needs go and see it, I pray thee have me excused.' ¹⁹ And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go to prove them, I pray thee have me excused.' ²⁰ The third said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

⁴ No man that warreth entangleth himself with worldly business; and that, because he would please him that hath chosen him to be a soldier.

¹⁵ Then the dukes of the Edomites were amazed, and trembling came upon the mightiest of the Moabites, and all the inhabiters of Canaan waxed faint-hearted.

³¹ But the men that went up with him said, "We be not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we."

⁹ And they went up even unto the river of Eshcol and saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

²⁸ How shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying the people is greater and taller than we, and the cities are great and walled even up to heaven, and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.'

⁹ When thou goest out with the host against thine enemies, keep thee from all wickedness; for the Lord is among you.

³ Now therefore make a proclamation in the ears of the people and say, 'If any man dread or be afraid, let him return and get him soon from mount Gilead.'" And there departed and returned of the people twenty two thousand, and there abode ten thousand.

⁶² Jesus said unto him, "No man that putteth his hand to the plough, and looketh back, is apt to the kingdom of God."

³⁷ And Barnabas gave counsel, to take with them John called also Mark: ³⁸ But Paul thought it not meet to take him unto their company which departed from them at Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

³³ Be not deceived: malicious speakings corrupt good manners.

¹⁶ So then, because thou art between both, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth:

⁸ But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

¹⁸ And she said, "It hath been a common saying in the old time: 'Men must ask of Abel, and then go and finish the work.' ¹⁹ Abel is one of the quietest and faithfullest cities that are in Israel. And thou goest about to destroy a city that is as a mother in Israel. Why devourest thou the inheritance of the LORD?" ²⁰ And Joab answered and said, "God forbid! God forbid it me, that I should either devour or destroy it. ²¹ The matter is not so: But there is a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, which hath lifted up his hand against king David. Deliver us him only, and I will depart from the city." And the woman said unto Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown through the wall to thee." ²² And then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they smote off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they scattered from the city every man to his tent, and Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

¹⁹ I make the fruits of thanksgiving. I give peace unto them that are far off, and to them that are nigh, say I the LORD, that make him whole.

¹⁰ I will root out the chariots from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, the battle bows shall be destroyed. He shall give the doctrine of peace unto the Heathen, and his dominion shall be from the one sea to the other, and from the floods to the ends of the world.

⁵ Into whatsoever house ye enter in, first say, Peace be to this house. ⁶ And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him, if not, it shall return to you again.

³⁶ Ye know the preaching that God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, which is Lord over all things;

¹⁸ Nevertheless, all things are of God, which hath reconciled us unto himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given unto us the office to preach the atonement.

¹⁷ and came, and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

⁴² for they are my servants which I brought out of the land of Egypt, and shall not be sold as bondmen. ⁴³ See therefore that thou reign not over him cruelly, but fear thy God. ⁴⁴ "'If thou wilt have bondservants and maidens, thou shalt buy them of the heathen that are round about you, ⁴⁵ and of the children of the strangers that are sojourners among you, and of their generations that are with you, which they begat in your land. ⁴⁶ And ye shall possess them and give them unto your children after you, to possess them for ever: and they shall be your bondmen. But over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not reign one over another cruelly.

²² Then Joshua sent for them, and talked with them, and said, "Wherefore have ye beguiled us and yet ye dwell among us? ²³ And now therefore cursed be you, and there shall not cease to be of you, bondmen and hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the house of my God."

²⁷ And Joshua made them that same day hewers of wood and drawers of water unto the congregation and unto the altar of God unto this day, in the place which God should choose.

¹⁹ for there was no city that made peace with the children of Israel, save those Hittites that inhabited Gibeon. All other they took with battle, ²⁰ for it came of the LORD to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle: even to destroy them utterly, that they should have no mercy, but to bring them to naught. As the LORD commanded Moses.

¹⁰ Notwithstanding, they drave not out the Cananites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Cananites dwelt among the Ephraimites unto this day, and pay tribute.

²⁸ But as soon as Israel was waxed mighty, they put the Cananites to tribute: but expelled them not.

³⁰ Neither did Zebulun expel the inhabiters of Kitron, neither the inhabiters of Nahalol; but the Cananites dwelt among them and became tributaries. ³¹ Neither did Asher cast out the inhabiters of Acco, neither the inhabiters of Sidon, of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, nor of Rehob, ³² but the Asherites dwelt among the Cananites the inhabiters of the land, and drave them not out. ³³ Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabiters of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabiters of Bethanath, but dwelt amongst the Cananites the inhabiters of the land. Nevertheless the inhabiters of Bethshemesh, and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them. ³⁴ And the Amorites kept the children of Dan in the mountains, and suffered them not the come down to the valleys. ³⁵ And so the Amorites went and dwelled in mount Heres in Aijalon and in Shaalbim. Neverthelater, the hand of Joseph waxed heavy upon them, so that they became tributaries.

²¹ the children of the said nations that were left in the land, because the children of Israel were not able to destroy them, did Solomon make tributaries unto this day. ²² And of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen. But they were men of war and his servants and his lords and Captains and rulers of his chariots and of his Horsemen.

⁷ I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent messengers after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'

⁷ And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and slew all the males. ⁸ And they slew the kings of Midian among other that were slain; Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba: five kings of Midian. And they slew Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. ⁹ And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian prisoners, and their children; and spoiled all their cattle, their substance and their goods.

¹⁷ Now, therefore, slay all the men-children and the women that have lain with men, fleshly. ¹⁸ But all the women-children that have not lain with men, keep alive for yourselves.

¹⁵ For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury them that were slain, he smote all the males in Edom - ¹⁶ for Joab remained six months, and all Israel, till he had rooted out all the males that were in Edom.

⁶ "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." ⁷ As for me, I will preach the law, whereof the LORD hath said unto me, "Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. ⁸ Desire of me, and I shall give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance; and the uttermost parts of the world for thy possession. ⁹ Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel." ¹⁰ Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be warned, ye that are judges of the earth. ¹¹ Serve the LORD in fear, and rejoice unto him in reverence. ¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way. For his wrath shall be kindled shortly: blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

⁸ All thine enemies shall feel thine hand; thy righthand shall find out them that hate thee. ⁹ Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in the time of thy wrath; the LORD shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.

¹ {A Psalm of David} The LORD said unto my LORD, "Sit thou on my righthand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool."

²⁷ Moreover, those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.'"

⁷ and to you which are troubled, rest with us; when the Lord Jesus shall show himself from heaven, with his mighty angels, ⁸ in flaming fire, rendering vengeance unto them that know not God, and to them that obey not unto the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁹ which shall be punished with everlasting damnation, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,

⁹ And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian prisoners, and their children; and spoiled all their cattle, their substance and their goods.

¹² And they brought the captives, and that which they had taken, and all the spoil, unto Moses and Eleazar the priest; and unto the company of the children of Israel, even unto the host in the fields of Moab by Jordan nigh to Jericho.

¹⁸ But all the women-children that have not lain with men, keep alive for yourselves.

³⁵ and thirty two thousand women that had lain by no man. ³⁶ And the half which was the part of them that went out to war was: three hundred thousand and thirty seven thousand and five hundred sheep, ³⁷ and the LORD's part of the sheep was six hundred and seventy five. ³⁸ And the oxen were thirty six thousand, of which the LORD's part was seventy two. ³⁹ And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD's part was sixty one. ⁴⁰ And the women were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD's part was thirty two souls. ⁴¹ And Moses gave that sum which was the LORD's heave offering unto Eleazar the priest: as the LORD commanded Moses. ⁴² And the other half of the children of Israel which Moses separated from the men of war ⁴³ — that is, to wit, the half that pertained unto the congregation — was three hundred thousand and thirty seven thousand and five hundred sheep; ⁴⁴ and thirty six thousand oxen; ⁴⁵ and thirty thousand asses and five hundred; ⁴⁶ and sixteen thousand women. ⁴⁷ And Moses took of this half that pertained unto the children of Israel: one of every fifty, both of the women and of the cattle, and gave them unto the Levites which waited upon the habitation of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. ⁴⁸ And the officers of thousands of the host, the captains over the thousands and the captains over the hundreds came forth and said unto Moses, ⁴⁹ "Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war, which were under our hand, and there lacked not one man of them. ⁵⁰ We have therefore brought a present unto the LORD: what every man found of jewels of gold: chains, bracelets, rings, earrings and spangles, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD." ⁵¹ And Moses and Eleazar took the gold of them: jewels of all manner fashions. ⁵² And all the gold of the heave offering of the LORD, of the captains over thousands and hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sicles, ⁵³ which the men of war had spoiled, every man for himself. ⁵⁴ And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains over the thousands and over the hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of witness: to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, before the LORD.

² And thou shalt do to Ai and her king, as thou didst unto Jericho and her king. Nevertheless the spoil and cattle thereof, ye shall take unto yourselves. But lay a watch unto the town on the backside thereof."

¹⁴ but all the spoil of the said cities and the cattle, the children of Israel caught unto themselves. But the men only they smote with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them,

⁸ he said unto them, "Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, gold, brass, iron, and with raiment above measure, and divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren."

¹³ And Asa, and the people that was with him, followed after them as far as Gerar. And the black Moors were overthrown, that there bode none alive of them, but were destroyed of the LORD and of his Host. And they carried away a mighty great prey. ¹⁴ And they smote all the cities round about Gerar. For the fear of the LORD came upon them. And they robbed all the cities, for there was exceeding much to be robbed in them. ¹⁵ And thereto they smote the tents of cattle and carried away plenty of sheep and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.

²⁵ And Jehoshaphat and his people went to rob away the spoil of them and found among them abundance of goods and raiment and of pleasant Jewels, and caught from them more than they could carry away: so that they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

¹² Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited; and they of the household divided the spoil.

³¹ And I will make thy coasts from the reed sea unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river. I will deliver the inhabiters of the land into thine hand, and thou shalt drive them out before thee. ³² And thou shalt make none covenant with them nor with their gods.

² Then Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD and said, "If thou wilt give this people into our hands, we will destroy their cities." ³ And the LORD heard the voice of Israel, and delivered them the Canaanites. And they destroyed both them and their cities, and called the place Hormah.

³⁵ And they smote him and his sons and all his people, until there was nothing left him. And they conquered his land.

⁵² see that ye drive out all the inhabiters of the land before you, and destroy their imaginations and all their images of metal, and pluck down all their altars built on hills:

¹ When the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee: the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perezites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; seven nations more in number and mightier than thou: ² and when the LORD thy God hath set them before thee that thou shouldest smite them: see that thou utterly destroy them and make no covenant with them nor have compassion on them. ³ Also thou shalt make no marriages with them, neither give thy daughter unto his son nor take his daughter unto thy son. ⁴ For they will make your sons depart from me and serve strange gods, and then will the wrath of the LORD wax hot upon you and destroy you shortly.

¹⁶ Thou shalt bring to nought all nations which the LORD thy God delivereth thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them neither shalt thou serve their gods, for that shall be thy decay.

¹⁷ But the city shall be excommunicate, both it and all that is therein, unto the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, both she and all that is with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. ¹⁸ And in any wise beware of the excommunicate things, lest ye make yourselves excommunicate. For if you take of the excommunicate things, so shall you make the host of Israel excommunicate and shall trouble it. ¹⁹ But all the silver, gold, vessels of brass and iron shall be holy unto the LORD and shall go into his treasury." ²⁰ And the people cried, and blew with horns: for when the people heard the sound of the horns, they shouted a great shout. And the walls fell down, and the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and took the city. ²¹ And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox, sheep and ass, with the edge of the sword.

²⁴ And they answered Joshua and said, "It was told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabiters thereof out of your sight, and therefore we were exceeding sore afraid of our lives because of you.

²⁸ And that same day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof also, and utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein, and let nought remain. And he did to the king of Makkedah, as he did to the king of Jericho.

⁴⁰ And Joshua smote all the hill countries and the south countries, and the valleys, and the springs of water, with all their kings and let nought remain, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

¹¹ And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them, that no breath was let remain. And burnt Hazor with fire, ¹² and all the cities of those kings, with all the kings of them, Joshua took and smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.

¹ When the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee: the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perezites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; seven nations more in number and mightier than thou: ² and when the LORD thy God hath set them before thee that thou shouldest smite them: see that thou utterly destroy them and make no covenant with them nor have compassion on them.

⁵ For my sword shall be bathed in heaven, and shall immediately come down upon Idumaea, and upon the people which I have cursed for my vengeance. ⁶ And the LORD's sword shall be full of blood, and be rusty with the fatness and blood of lambs and goats, with the fatness of the kidneys of wethers. For the LORD shall kill a great offering in Bozrah. and a great slaughter in the land of Idumaea.

¹⁰ Cursed be he that doth the work of the LORD negligently; and cured be he that keepeth back his sword from shedding of blood.

³⁵ The sword shall come upon the Chaldeans, sayeth the LORD; upon them that dwell in Babylon; upon their princes; and upon their wise men. ³⁶ The sword upon their soothsayers: as for those, they shall become fools. The sword upon their worthies: so that they shall stand in fear. ³⁷ The sword upon their horsemen and chariots, and upon all the common people that dwell under them: so that they all shall become like women. The sword upon their treasure: so that it shall be stolen away. ³⁸ The sword upon their waters: so that they shall be dried up. For the land worshippeth images, and delighteth in strange wonderful things. ³⁹ Therefore shall wild beasts, Apes, and Ostriches dwell therein: for there shall never man dwell there, neither shall any man have his habitation there for evermore. ⁴⁰ Like as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, with the cities that lay there about, sayeth the LORD: So shall no man dwell there also, neither shall any man have there his habitation.

²¹ I will call for a sword upon them in all my mountains, sayeth the LORD God: so that every man's sword shall be upon another. ²² With pestilence and blood will I punish him: stormy rain and hail stones, fire and brimstone, will I cause to rain upon him and all his heap, yea and upon all that great people that is with him. ²³ Thus will I be magnified, honored, and known among the Heathen: that they may be sure how that I am the LORD.'"

¹⁸ that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and of high captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all free men and bond men, and of small and great."

¹⁶ And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and when their daughters go a whoring after their gods,

⁴ For they will make your sons depart from me and serve strange gods, and then will the wrath of the LORD wax hot upon you and destroy you shortly. ⁵ But thus ye shall deal with them: overthrow their altars, break down their pillars, cut down their groves and burn their images with fire.

³⁰ Beware that thou be not taken in a snare after them, after that they be destroyed before thee, and that thou ask not after their gods saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods, that I may do so likewise?' ³¹ Nay, thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for all abominations which the LORD hated did they unto their gods. For they burnt both their sons and their daughters with fire unto their gods.

¹⁹ And whosoever will not hearken unto the words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

¹³ be sure that the LORD your God will not cast out all these nations before you. But they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges for your sides, and pricks in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

³ Wherefore I have likewise determined that I will not cast them out before you: that they may be a fall unto you, and their gods shall be snares unto you."

³⁴ Neither destroyed they the Heathen, as the LORD commanded them, ³⁵ but were mingled among the Heathen, and learned their works - ³⁶ insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which turned to their own decay. ³⁷ Yea, they offered their sons and their daughters unto devils, ³⁸ and shed the innocent blood of their sons and of their daughters; whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan, so that the land was defiled with blood. ³⁹ Thus were they stained with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. ⁴⁰ Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance;

¹⁷ Wherefore, "Come out from among them, and separate yourselves," saith the Lord, "and touch none unclean thing: so will I receive you,

¹¹ and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather rebuke them.

¹⁴ If any man obey not our sayings, send us word of him by a letter: and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed:

⁵ and vain disputations of men with corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, which think that lucre is godliness. From such, separate thyself.

¹⁷ and their words shall fret even as doth a canker: of whose number is Hymenaeus and Philetus, ¹⁸ which as concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and do destroy the faith of divers persons.

³ for all nations have drunken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and her merchants are waxed rich of the abundance of her pleasures." ⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven say, "Come away from her, my people, that ye be not partakers in her sins, that ye receive not of her plagues. ⁵ For her sins are gone up to heaven, and God hath remembered her wickedness.

⁶ And the Egyptians vexed us and troubled us, and laded us with cruel bondage.

¹⁰ Even now is the axe put unto the root of the trees: so that every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

¹⁵ "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. ¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns? Or figs of thistles? ¹⁷ Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit: nor yet a bad tree can bring forth good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire. ²⁰ Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

¹⁹ and spied a fig tree in the way, and came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said to it, "Never fruit grow on thee hence forwards." And anon the fig tree withered away.

⁷ Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, 'Behold, this three years have I come and sought fruit in this fig tree, and find none. Cut it down. Why cumbereth it the ground?' ⁸ And he answered and said unto him, 'Lord let it alone this year also, till I dig round about it, and dung it, ⁹ to see whether it will bear fruit: and if it bear not, then after that, cut it down.'"

² Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit. ³ Now are ye clean, through the words which I have spoken unto you. ⁴ Abide in me, and let me abide in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine, and ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without me can ye do nothing. ⁶ If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men gather it and cast it into the fire, and it burneth. ⁷ If ye abide in me, and my words also abide in you: ask what ye will, and it shall be done to you. ⁸ Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and be made my disciples.

¹⁵ And he made engines in Jerusalem by the craft of artificers to be on the towers and corners, to shoot arrows and great stones with all. And his name spread far abroad, for he was wonderfully helped, until he was become mighty.

¹⁴ There was a little city, and a few men within it: so there came a great king and besieged it, and made great bulwarks against it.

³³ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD, concerning the king of the Assyrians, 'He shall not come into the city, and shall shoot no arrow into it, there shall no shield hurt it, neither shall they grave about it.

⁶ For thus hath the LORD of Hosts commanded: "Hew down her trees, and set up bulwarks against Jerusalem. This is the city that must be punished, for in her is all maliciousness.

⁴ Thus, I say, spake the LORD God of Israel, "Concerning the houses of this city, and the houses of the kings of Judah: they shall be broken through the ordinance and weapons,

¹⁷ Neither shall Pharaoh, with his great host and multitude of people, maintain him in the war: when they cast up ditches, and set up bulwarks to destroy much people.