Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
Deuteronomy 23:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When you go forth against your enemies and are in camp, you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing. American Standard Version (1901) When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing. Common English Bible When you are camped in battle against your enemies, guard yourself from every possible evil. Catholic Public Domain Version When you have gone out to war against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from everything that is evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When thou goest out to war against thy enemies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thing. |
Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the Lord his God.
No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord should say, ‘The Lord will exclude me from his people,’ and the eunuch should not say, ‘Look, I am a dried-up tree.’
Some soldiers also questioned him, ‘What should we do? ’ He said to them, ‘Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.’
If there is a man among you who is unclean because of a bodily emission during the night, he must go outside the camp; he may not come anywhere inside the camp.
The children born to them in the third generation may enter the Lord’s assembly.
But keep yourselves from the things set apart, or you will be set apart for destruction. If you take any of those things, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and make trouble for it.
The whole Israelite army went to Bethel where they wept and sat before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.