Doctrine and Covenants 98: 33

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 98

33 And again, this is the ^alaw that I gave unto mine ancients, that they should not go out unto battle against any nation, kindred, tongue, or people, save I, the Lord, commanded them.

Footnotes

33a

Deut. 20: 10 (10-12)

10 ¶ When thou comest nigh unto a city to ^afight against it, then proclaim ^bpeace unto it.

Josh. 8: 2 (1-29)

2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto ^aJericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

1 Kgs. 8: 44.

44 ¶ If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt ^asend them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

Alma 48: 16 (10-25)

16 And also, that God would make it known unto them ^awhither they should go to defend themselves against their enemies, and by so doing, the Lord would deliver them; and this was the faith of Moroni, and his heart did glory in it; not in the ^bshedding of blood but in doing good, in preserving his people, yea, in keeping the commandments of God, yea, and resisting iniquity.