Deuteronomy 20:4

⁴ for Jehovah your God is He who goes^◦ with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

Explanation of Deuteronomy 20

Por Alexander Payne

Verses 1-4. The soul must not be afraid of evils and falsities when opposed by them in temptations, but must rely upon heaven.

Verses 5-9. Directions for combating with evil and falsity.

Verses 10-15. On contending with doctrines in the external mind that oppose regeneration.

Verses 16-18. But those derived from interior evil to be utterly destroyed.

Verses 19-20. But care to be taken not to destroy any genuine knowledges and perceptions in contending with false doctrines.