The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh your God who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
- KJV The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
- NKJV The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
- NASB The Lord your God, who goes before you, will Himself fight for you, just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
- NLT The Lord your God is going ahead of you. He will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt.
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Quick answer
Moses reminded them that God Himself goes before them and will fight for them, as He did in Egypt. Past deliverance was the ground of present confidence.
Overview
Moses points to God as the divine Warrior who 'goes before' His people and fights on their behalf, recalling the exodus from Egypt as proof. Israel's confidence was to rest on God's demonstrated power, not their own. This portrait of the LORD fighting for His people anticipates the greater deliverance won by Christ, who through His death and resurrection conquered sin, death, and the powers of darkness for us.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Exod 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Neh 4:20Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
- Rom 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
- Rom 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Josh 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
- Deut 3:22Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
- 1 Sam 17:45–46But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- Ps 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Isa 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- 2 Chr 14:11–12Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
- 2 Chr 32:8With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- Deut 20:1–4When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
- Exod 14:25He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
- Ps 78:11–13They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
- Exod 7:1–25The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Exod 15:1–27Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
- Ps 105:27–36They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Ps 78:43–51when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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