Deuteronomy 20:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when you come near to the battle, the priest shall approach and speak to the men,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

As you advance toward the war, the priest will come forward and will address the troops.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then, as the battle now draws near, the priest shall stand before the front ranks, and he shall speak to the people in this manner:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when the battle is now at hand, the priest shall stand before the army, and shall speak to the people in this manner:

Deuteronomy 20:2 Cross References

2 Chronicles 13:12

And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

Numbers 31:6

And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

Deuteronomy 20:1

When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 20:3

and shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint; fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye affrighted at them;

1 Samuel 14:18

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

1 Samuel 17:32

And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.