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Deuteronomy 20

Deuteronomy 20 ( Deuteronomy • Chapter 20 (20 verses)): 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 . And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt . Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Ancient Near Eastern Suzerainty Treaties & Deuteronomy Covenant Form—Monumental archaeological and historical consensus (established by George Mendenhall, Kenneth Kitchen, Meredith Kline) that the literary structure of the Mosaic Covenant in Exodus and particularly Deuteronomy mirrors Late Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC) Hittite Vassal Treaties rather than 1st millennium Neo-Assyrian treaties.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Deuteronomy 20:10 : "When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it."; Deuteronomy 20:12 : "And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:"; Deuteronomy 20:4 : "For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.". Related canonical books and chapters: Deuteronomy 20 ( Deuteronomy • Chapter 20 (20 verses)), Deuteronomy (Old Testament • 34 Chapters), Acts 20 ( Acts • Chapter 20 (38 verses)).

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Deuteronomy 20
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 20 (20 verses)

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 . And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt .

Deuteronomy
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Old Testament • 34 Chapters

Deuteronomy (Old Testament, 34 chapters). Key figures: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Laban , Moab , Abram/Abraham , Isaac . Key places: Jordan , Paran , Tophel , Laban , Hazeroth , Dizahab . Opens with: "These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between P..."

יָד
yad (yāḏ) [yahd]
H3027 Hebrew noun feminine / masculine 1614x
hand, power, agency of the LORD

Hand, forearm, power, dominion, agency; the 'Hand of the LORD' (Yad YHWH) represents sovereign divine intervention in the Exodus ('with a mighty hand and outstretched arm', Deuteronomy 26:8), victorious deliverance, and prophetic inspiration (Ezekiel 1:3).

Derivation: Primitive word.
מַעֲשֵׂר
maaser (maʿăśēr) [mah-as-ARE]
H4643 Hebrew noun masculine 32x
tithe, tenth part

Tenth part consecrated to God, presented from agrarian harvest to support Levites, priests, and care for poor (Deuteronomy 14:28, Malachi 3:10).

Derivation: From עָשַׂר (H6237) to tithe, from עֶשֶׂר (H6235) ten.
נָבִיא
nabi (nāḇîʾ) [naw-VEE]
H5030 Hebrew noun masculine 316x
prophet, spokesman for God

Prophet, divine spokesman; one who receives direct divine revelation and proclaims God's authoritative message ('I will put My words in his mouth', Deuteronomy 18:18).

Derivation: From an unused root cognate with Akkadian nabu (to call, name, announce).
Acts 20
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Acts • Chapter 20 (38 verses)

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia . And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece , And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wai... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Macedonia , Greece , Syria , Asia , Berea .

John 20
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John • Chapter 20 (31 verses)

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away ... Mentions: Mary , Simon , Yeshua the Messiah .

Luke 20
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Luke • Chapter 20 (47 verses)

And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel .

Matthew 20
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Matthew • Chapter 20 (34 verses)

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , David , Jerusalem , Jericho .

Revelation 20
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Revelation • Chapter 20 (15 verses)

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, an... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Gog , Magog .

1 Chronicles 20
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 20 (8 verses)

And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon , and came and besieged Rabbah . But David tarried at Jerusalem . And Joab smote Rabbah , and destroyed... Mentions: Ammon , David , Jair , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Rabbah, Jerusalem , Gezer .

Hittite Vassal Treaties, Neo-Assyrian Parallels, and the Covenant Lawsuit (Rib)

Monumental archaeological and historical consensus (established by George Mendenhall, Kenneth Kitchen, Meredith Kline) that the literary structure of the Mosaic Covenant in Exodus and particularly Deuteronomy mirrors Late Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC) Hittite Vassal Treaties rather than 1st millennium Neo-Assyrian treaties.

Chiliasm, Historic Premillennialism, Amillennialism, and Postmillennialism

The interpretation of the 1,000-year reign in Revelation 20:1-6 is one of the classic open debates in Christian theology, giving rise to Premillennialism (Historic and Dispensational), Amillennialism, and Postmillennialism. No single view commands universal consensus.

1 Kings 20
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1 Kings • Chapter 20 (43 verses)

And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria , and warred against it. And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Syria , Samaria , Aphek 2 , Damascus .

1 Samuel 20
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1 Samuel • Chapter 20 (42 verses)

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah , and came and said before Jonathan , What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or ... Mentions: David , Jonathan , Jacob/Israel , Saul , Jesse , Naioth , Ramah 1 .

2 Chronicles 20
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 20 (37 verses)

It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab , and the children of Ammon , and with them other beside the Ammonites , came against Jehoshaphat to battle. Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat , saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea... Mentions: Moab , Ammon , Ammonites , Jehoshaphat, Judah , Syria , Jerusalem , Seir .

2 Kings 20
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2 Kings • Chapter 20 (21 verses)

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech the... Mentions: Hezekiah , Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), David , Ahaz , Judah , Assyria , Babylon .

2 Samuel 20
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2 Samuel • Chapter 20 (26 verses)

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba , the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David , neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse : every man to his tents, O Israel . So every man of Israel went up from ... Mentions: David , Jesse , Jacob/Israel, Judah , Abel , Sheba , Jordan , Jerusalem , Gibeon .

Deuteronomy 1
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 1 (46 verses)

These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran , and Tophel , and Laban , and Hazeroth , and Dizahab . (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh –barn... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Laban , Moab , Abram/Abraham , Jordan , Paran , Tophel , Hazeroth .

Deuteronomy 2
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 2 (37 verses)

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. And the Lord spake unto me, saying, Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. Mentions: Esau ( Edom ), Moab , Moabites , Lot , Jacob/Israel , Seir , Esau, Elath , Zered .

Deuteronomy 3
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 3 (29 verses)

Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei . And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as... Mentions: Ammon , Manasseh , Jair , Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Bashan, Edrei , Heshbon , Argob , Jordan .

Deuteronomy 4
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 4 (49 verses)

Now therefore hearken, O Israel , unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye dimin... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Baal , Moses , Horeb , Egypt , Jordan , Bezer .

Deuteronomy 5
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 5 (33 verses)

And Moses called all Israel , and said unto them, Hear, O Israel , the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb . The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel, Horeb , Egypt .

Deuteronomy 6
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 6 (25 verses)

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Egypt , Massah .

Deuteronomy 7
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 7 (26 verses)

When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greate... Mentions: Egypt .

Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

Raised in Pharaoh's court and called at the burning bush on Horeb , Moses and his brother Aaron lead Israel out of bondage in Egypt through the Passover and crossing of the Red Sea to receive the Covenant Law at Mount Sinai.

Deuteronomy 8
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 8 (20 verses)

All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wildernes... Mentions: Egypt .

Deuteronomy 9
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 9 (29 verses)

Hear, O Israel : Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand befo... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Aaron , Jordan , Egypt , Horeb , Taberah , Massah .

Deuteronomy 10
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 10 (22 verses)

At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. A... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Eleazar , Levi , Beeroth , Moserah , Gudgodah , Jotbathah , Egypt .

Leningrad Codex (B19a) — Deuteronomy 6:4–9 (Shema Yisrael)
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The foundational Jewish confession of monotheism with enlarged letters Ayin and Dalet forming 'Witness'.

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0
Leningrad Codex (B19a) — Exodus 20 (Ten Commandments)
IMAGE • manuscripts

The Decalogue preserved with upper and lower cantillation marks in the Tiberian masoretic tradition.

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0

Scripture Passages (24)

Deuteronomy 20:10 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

Deuteronomy 20:12 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

Deuteronomy 20:4 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

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

Deuteronomy 20:2 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

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

Deuteronomy 20:13 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

Deuteronomy 20:15 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

Deuteronomy 20:20 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

Deuteronomy 20:16 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

But of all clean fowls ye may eat.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Deuteronomy 20:18 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.

And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

Deuteronomy 20:9 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

Deuteronomy 20:17 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:

(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

Deuteronomy 20:7 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

Deuteronomy 20:3 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel , ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us.

Deuteronomy 20:11 (KJV)
Deuteronomy 20 KJV

And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.

Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

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