Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
Deuteronomy 3:22 belongs to Moses's first address given just before his death, covering Deuteronomy 1 to 4:40 and rehearsing God's goodness to Israel. It stands within Moses's record of Israel's dealings with other nations, where sparing peoples wholly given over to evil would bring further corruption and harm. It records Moses's assurance that Israel need not fear its enemies because the Lord would fight for them, a promise extending to God's people facing enemies and difficulties. The promise applied to Israel's campaign in Canaan and was conditional on faithfulness to God, as shown at Jericho where victory taught dependence on God for success and recognition of His first claim on what was gained. It comforts believers in severe personal trial by encouraging trust in God for deliverance or strength to endure, with deliverance coming in God's time, in one case after about five weeks.
Deuteronomy 3:22 belongs to Moses's first address given just before his death, covering Deuteronomy 1 to 4:40 and rehearsing God's goodness to Israel. It stands within Moses's record of Israel's dealings with other nations, where sparing peoples wholly given over to evil would bring further corruption and harm. It records Moses's assurance that Israel need not fear its enemies because the Lord would fight for them, a promise extending to God's people facing enemies and difficulties. The promise applied to Israel's campaign in Canaan and was conditional on faithfulness to God, as shown at Jericho where victory taught dependence on God for success and recognition of His first claim on what was gained. It comforts believers in severe personal trial by encouraging trust in God for deliverance or strength to endure, with deliverance coming in God's time, in one case after about five weeks.