A Pentagon spokesman is standing behind Defense Secretary and Minnesota native Pete Hegseth, who ignited an ongoing debate after reciting an air rescue group’s violent prayer that appears to crib from a scene in Quentin Tarantino’s film “Pulp Fiction” and an altered version of a Bible verse.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meant to invoke holy scripture in discussing the rescue mission of an American fighter pilot stranded in Iran — but he actually quoted Quentin Tarantino. In a prayer delivered by Hegseth during a Pentagon worship service on Wednesday,

Trump is scheduled to deliver a recorded video message from the Oval Office next week as part of America Reads the Bible.