Now we get instructions on going to war. The first instruction is not to be afraid. If the Lord was with them, then they would win. At the same time they were not to give in to fear or panic. Fear will always confront us at various times, the key is not to give in to it. If the Lord is with us we will win.
There is a list of those who were exempt from the army, mainly those who had just got married, just acquired a new home and so on. It was no use having people in the army whose thoughts would be elsewhere.
War was not to be violent for its own sake. A city was to be given the chance to surrender.
The cities in the land of Israel were to be completely destroyed. The motive behind this was to ensure that there was no vestige of their false religions left in the land. For these would lead Israel astray.
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