Deuteronomy 20:2
Good News Translation
Before you start fighting, a priest is to come forward and say to the army,

New Revised Standard Version
Before you engage in battle, the priest shall come forward and speak to the troops,

Contemporary English Version
Before you march into battle, a priest will go to the front of the army

New American Bible
When you are drawing near to battle, the priest shall come forward and speak to the army,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the battle is now at hand, the priest shall stand before the army, and shall speak to the people in this manner:

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And when the battle is now at hand, the priest shall stand before the army, and shall speak to the people in this manner:

Numbers 10:8,9 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall sound the trumpets: and this shall be an ordinance for ever in your generations. . . .

Numbers 31:6 And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.

Judges 20:27,28 And inquired of him concerning their state. At that time the ark of the covenant of the Lord was there, . . .

1 Samuel 14:18 And Saul said to Achias: Bring the ark of the Lord. (For the ark of God was there that day with the children of Israel.)

1 Samuel 30:7,8 And he said to Abiathar, the priest, the son of Achimelech: Bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David. . . .

2 Chronicles 13:12 Therefore God is the leader in our army, and his priests who sound with trumpets, and resound against you: O children of Israel, fight not against the Lord the God of your fathers, for it is not good for you.

Context
Laws of Warfare
1If thou go out to war against thy enemies, and see horsemen and chariots, and the numbers of the enemy's army greater than thine, thou shalt not fear them: because the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt. 2And when the battle is now at hand, the priest shall stand before the army, and shall speak to the people in this manner:3Hear, O Israel, you join battle this day against your enemies, let not your heart be dismayed, be not afraid, do not give back, fear ye them not:…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:1
If thou go out to war against thy enemies, and see horsemen and chariots, and the numbers of the enemy's army greater than thine, thou shalt not fear them: because the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 20:3
Hear, O Israel, you join battle this day against your enemies, let not your heart be dismayed, be not afraid, do not give back, fear ye them not:

Deuteronomy 20:1
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