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And Jehovah said to▵ me, Say to them, Go· not ·up, neither fight, for I am not among you; lest you be struck before your enemies.
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Commentary on this verse
By Alexander Payne
Verse 42. But the Lord says to the soul through the Word that it should not attempt to attain heaven or fight against evil in its own strength; for the Lord would not be with it in such case, and it would succumb to evil in temptations.
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