You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
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You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
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And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
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And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and…
Lev 26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
Ver. 7. And ye shall chase your enemies.] If foreigners invade you, you shall be able to quell and quiet them quickly.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And five of you shall chase an hundred,.... One…
And five of you shall chase an hundred,.... One man chase twenty:
and an hundred of you put ten thousand to flight; which, had it been in proportion to the other number, should have been two thousand, as in Deu 32:30; where there is a proportion observed; and Abendana observes, there are some that give the sense of it thus, an hundred of you, an hundred times five, that is, five hundred, and so it comes up to a right computation; but here it seems to be a certain number for an uncertain, and only a proverbial expression, signifying that a very few, under the blessing of divine Providence, should get the advantage over a large number, and oblige them to retire, and pursue them closely: instances we have of large bodies of the enemy being defeated by a small number of Israelites, Jdg 7:21; and even many by a single person or two, Sa1 14:13,
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and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword; See Gill on Lev 26:7.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) And ye shall chase your enemies.—If, covetous of…
(7) And ye shall chase your enemies.—If, covetous of their prosperity, the enemies should dare to attack them, God will inspire His people with marvellous courage, so that they will not only pursue them, but put them to the sword.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 they will fall before you by the sword
they will fall before you by the sword
Here "falling" represents dying, and "the sword" represents either attacking people with a sword or battle in general. AT: "they will die when you attack them with the sword" or "you will kill them in battle" (See: Active or Passive)
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Five of you will chase away a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand
This means the Israelites will have victory against larger armies.
Five ... hundred ... ten thousand
"5 ... 100 ... 10,000" (See: Numbers)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 26:7 Success in warfare would result from obedience to…
26:7 Success in warfare would result from obedience to God (cp. 26:17, 36-37; Deut 28:6, 19).
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