Deuteronomy 1:42

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42 And Yehowah said to me, Say to them, Do not go up and fight, for I am not in your midst; or else you will be defeated before your enemies.


Commentary on this verse  

By Alexander Payne

Verse 42. But the Lord says to the soul through the Word that it should not attempt to attain heaven or fight against evil in its own strength; for the Lord would not be with it in such case, and it would succumb to evil in temptations.




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