THEOSISGregory of Nyssa
Trustworthy is the one who has assured that one will chase away a thousand, and two will put to flight ten thousand (Deuteronomy 32:30), for true piety possesses the strength of many, akin to that of an army.
Joshua 23:10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
One of you shall chase a thousand men of the enemies: because the Lord your God himself will fight for you, as he hath promised.
אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד מִכֶּ֖ם יִרְדָּף־אָ֑לֶף כִּ֣י ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם ה֚וּא הַנִּלְחָ֣ם לָכֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר לָכֶֽם׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 32:30How should one pursue after a thousand, and two chase ten thousand? Was it not, because their God had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
- Lev 26:8Five of yours shall pursue a hundred others: and a hundred of you ten thousand. Your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
- Deut 3:22Fear them not: for the Lord your God will fight for you.
- Ex 14:14The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.
- Ps 35 (34):1
- Deut 20:4Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger.
- Rom 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who is against us?
- Ps 46 (45):7