18 ¶ And I commanded [a]you the same time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall go over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all men of war.

19 Your wives only, and your children, and your cattle (for I know that ye have much cattle) shall abide in your cities, which I have given you,

20 Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren as unto you, and that they also possess the land, which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: then shall ye (A)return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

21 (B)And I charged Joshua the same time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the [b]Lord your God hath done unto these two Kings: (C)so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest.

22 Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God, he shall fight for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 3:18 That is, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half Manasseh, as Num. 32:28.
  2. Deuteronomy 3:21 So that the victories came not by your own wisdom, strength or multitude.

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