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And, behold, Godt himself is with us for our captainu, and his priests with sounding trumpetsw to cry alarm against you. O children of Israelx, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

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Isa. 8:10• ¹⁰Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for *God is with us. (Isa. 8:10)

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Josh. 5:14‑15• ¹⁴And he said, No; for as captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
¹⁵And the captain of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Loose thy sandal from off thy foot: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. (Josh. 5:14‑15)

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Num. 10:8• ⁸the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations. (Num. 10:8)

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Josh. 6:13‑20• ¹³And the seven priests carrying the seven blast-trumpets before the ark of Jehovah went on and blew continually with the trumpets; and the armed men went before them, and the rearguard went after the ark of Jehovah; they blew with the trumpets in marching.
¹⁴And on the second day they went round the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days.
¹⁵And it was so that on the seventh day they rose early, about the morning-dawn, and went round the city after the same manner seven times; only on that day they went round the city seven times.
¹⁶And it came to pass the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Jehovah has given you the city.
¹⁷And the city shall be accursed, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
¹⁸But in any wise keep from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed in taking of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
¹⁹And all the silver, and gold, and vessels of copper and iron, shall be holy to Jehovah; they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.
²⁰And the people shouted, and they blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass when the people heard the sound of the trumpets, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat; and the people went up into the city, each one straight before him, and they took the city. (Josh. 6:13‑20)

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Job 9:4• ⁴He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace? (Job 9:4)

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Jer. 50:24• ²⁴I have laid a snare for thee, and thou, Babylon, art also taken, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, for thou hast contended with Jehovah. (Jer. 50:24)

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Acts 5:39• ³⁹but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God. (Acts 5:39)

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God.

Num. 23:21• ²¹He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst. (Num. 23:21)

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1 Sam. 4:5‑7• ⁵And it came to pass when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, that all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth shook.
⁶And the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, and said, What is the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah had come into the camp.
⁷And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore. (1 Sam. 4:5‑7)

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Isa. 8:10• ¹⁰Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for *God is with us. (Isa. 8:10)

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Zech. 10:5• ⁵And they shall be as mighty men, treading down the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, for Jehovah is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame. (Zech. 10:5)

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Rom. 8:31• ³¹What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who against us? (Rom. 8:31)

for our captain.

Deut. 20:4• ⁴for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. (Deut. 20:4)

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Josh. 5:13‑15• ¹³And it came to pass when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man before him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him, and said to him: Art thou for us, or for our enemies?
¹⁴And he said, No; for as captain of the army of Jehovah am I now come. Then Joshua fell upon his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
¹⁵And the captain of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Loose thy sandal from off thy foot: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. (Josh. 5:13‑15)

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Psa. 20:7• ⁷Some make mention of chariots, and some of horses, but we of the name of Jehovah our God. (Psa. 20:7)

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Heb. 2:10• ¹⁰For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make perfect the leader of their salvation through sufferings. (Heb. 2:10)

his priests.

Num. 10:8‑9• ⁸the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations.
⁹And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. (Num. 10:8‑9)

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Num. 31:6• ⁶And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand by the tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, and the holy instruments, even the alarm-trumpets in his hand. (Num. 31:6)

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Josh. 6:13‑20• ¹³And the seven priests carrying the seven blast-trumpets before the ark of Jehovah went on and blew continually with the trumpets; and the armed men went before them, and the rearguard went after the ark of Jehovah; they blew with the trumpets in marching.
¹⁴And on the second day they went round the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days.
¹⁵And it was so that on the seventh day they rose early, about the morning-dawn, and went round the city after the same manner seven times; only on that day they went round the city seven times.
¹⁶And it came to pass the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Jehovah has given you the city.
¹⁷And the city shall be accursed, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
¹⁸But in any wise keep from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed in taking of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
¹⁹And all the silver, and gold, and vessels of copper and iron, shall be holy to Jehovah; they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.
²⁰And the people shouted, and they blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass when the people heard the sound of the trumpets, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat; and the people went up into the city, each one straight before him, and they took the city. (Josh. 6:13‑20)

fight ye.

Job 15:25‑26• ²⁵For he hath stretched out his hand against *God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
²⁶He runneth against him, with outstretched neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers; (Job 15:25‑26)

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Job 40:9• ⁹Hast thou an arm like *God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? (Job 40:9)

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Isa. 45:9• ⁹Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let a potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that formeth it, What makest thou? Or thy work, He hath no hands? (Isa. 45:9)

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Jer. 50:24• ²⁴I have laid a snare for thee, and thou, Babylon, art also taken, and thou wast not aware; thou art found, and also caught, for thou hast contended with Jehovah. (Jer. 50:24)

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Acts 5:39• ³⁹but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God. (Acts 5:39)

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Acts 9:4‑5• ⁴and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?
⁵And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, *I* am Jesus, whom *thou* persecutest. (Acts 9:4‑5)

ye shall not.

2 Chron. 24:20• ²⁰And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you. (2 Chron. 24:20)

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Num. 14:41• ⁴¹And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper! (Num. 14:41)

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Deut. 28:29• ²⁹and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled continually, and there shall be none to save. (Deut. 28:29)

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Job 9:4• ⁴He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace? (Job 9:4)

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Isa. 54:17• ¹⁷No weapon that is prepared against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah; and their righteousness is of me, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 54:17)

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Jer. 2:37• ³⁷Thou shalt indeed go forth from her with thy hands upon thy head; for Jehovah hath rejected those thou confidest in, and thou shalt not prosper by them. (Jer. 2:37)

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Ezek. 17:9• ⁹Say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither? All its fresh sprouting leaves shall wither, even without a great arm and many people to pluck it up by its roots. (Ezek. 17:9)

• Once again, all this was true. What was Judah lacking? Only this: Judah had the true religion, but without realizing her sin and disgrace. What she lacked was an awakened conscience. (“Abijah: 2 Chronicles 13” by H.L. Rossier)

• Everything that Abijah brought forth was insufficient and could not give him the victory. He lacked something: an affected conscience; the realization of his own guilt, not in comparison to others and their errors, but rather by himself having to do with God. (“Abijah: 2 Chronicles 13” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And behold, we have God with us at our head, and his priests, and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.