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Deuteronomy 20:9–10
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Deuteronomy 20:9
9And 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.
9And it shall be when the Officers haue made an end of speaking vnto the people, that they shall make Captaines of the armies to †leade the people.
- Hebr. to be in the head of the people.
Deuteronomy 20:10
10¶ When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
10¶ When thou commest nigh vnto a City to fight against it, then proclaime peace vnto it.
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DEFINED WORDS
Deuteronomy 20:9
Persons entrusted with an office, charge, authority, or oversight.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The last or concluding part; a termination, limit, purpose, or result. As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A soft, heavy metal; as a verb, to guide, conduct, or go before.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Deuteronomy 20:10
Near in place, time, or circumstance; almost.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A battle, struggle, or contest; as a verb, to contend.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To promulgate; to announce; to publish. To utter openly; to make public.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study5And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
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Open the full verse study17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
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Open the full verse study18Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
19I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?
20And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
21The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
22Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
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Open the full verse study36The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
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Open the full verse study19I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.
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Open the full verse study10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
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