1. The age of soldiers.
   • OT=Num. 1:2-3; 26:2

2. The selective draft.
   • OT=Num. 31:3-7

3. Universal conscription.
   • OT=Num. 1:3,45

4. Exemption from service.
   1. Levites
      • OT=Num. 1:47-49
   2. Certain individuals ( Newly married, betrothed, those who have built a house and have not dedicated it, those who have planted a vineyard and not eaten of the fruits.
      • OT=Deut. 20:5-7; 24:5
   3. The fearful and fainthearted.
      • OT=Deut. 20:8

5. Cleanliness in camp.
   • OT=Num. 31:19-21; Deut. 23:9-14

6. Regulations in battle.
   • OT=Deut. 20
   1. Israelites to pray when sent into battle.
      • OT=I Kings 8:44-45
   2. Peace overtures to be made.
      • OT=Deut. 20:10-12
   3. Food trees to be spared.
      • OT=Deut. 20:19-20
   4. Booty
      • OT=Num. 31:11-12; Deut. 20:14; Joshua 11:14
   5. Treatment of captives.
      • OT=Num. 21:2-3,35; 31:11-12,17-18; Deut. 20:13-18; Joshua 11:14
   6. Israel to return to God in prayer if taken captive in battle.
      • OT=I Kings 8:46-50

7. The cause of war is lust.
   • NT=James 4:1-2

8. It is the Lord God who gives us peace.
   • OT=Lev. 26:6; Psalm 4:8; 29:11; 46:9; 147:14; Is. 26:12; 45:7; Haggai 2:9
   1. Peace comes only through God's law.
      • OT=II Chron. 14:2-7; 15:2,12,15,19; Psalm 85:8; 119:165; Prov. 3:1-2; 16:7; Is. 26:3; 32:17,18; 48:18
      • NT=James 3:18

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