Deuteronomy 23:9

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Deuteronomy 23:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

9 When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.

10 If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.

11 When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.

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Joshua 6:18

But keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.

Joshua 7:11

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.

Joshua 7:12

This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.

Joshua 7:13

Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.

Judges 20:26

Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 19:4

Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 20:3

Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

2 Chronicles 20:4

So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.

2 Chronicles 20:5

Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD in front of the new courtyard

2 Chronicles 20:6

and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.

2 Chronicles 20:7

Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?

2 Chronicles 20:8

They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,

2 Chronicles 20:9

‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’

2 Chronicles 20:10

And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.

2 Chronicles 20:11

See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.

2 Chronicles 20:12

Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

2 Chronicles 20:13

Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.

2 Chronicles 31:20

So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 31:21

He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.

2 Chronicles 32:1

After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

2 Chronicles 32:2

When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem,

2 Chronicles 32:3

he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.

2 Chronicles 32:4

Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

2 Chronicles 32:5

Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.

2 Chronicles 32:6

Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,

2 Chronicles 32:7

“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.

2 Chronicles 32:8

With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:9

Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:

2 Chronicles 32:10

“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

2 Chronicles 32:11

Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’

2 Chronicles 32:12

Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?

2 Chronicles 32:13

Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?

2 Chronicles 32:14

Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?

2 Chronicles 32:15

So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”

2 Chronicles 32:16

And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.

2 Chronicles 32:17

He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”

2 Chronicles 32:18

Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.

2 Chronicles 32:19

They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.

2 Chronicles 32:20

In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,

2 Chronicles 32:21

and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

2 Chronicles 32:22

So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.

Luke 3:14

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.

Revelation 19:12

He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.

Revelation 19:13

He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.

Revelation 19:14

The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.