And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint, literally, melt, dissolve, as well as his heart. A single weak soldier, whom the very thought of going into battle filled with the direst misgivings and with terror, was likely to infect the entire army with his attitude.
Verse Deuteronomy 20:8. _WHAT_ MAN IS THERE THAT IS _FEARFUL AND_ _FAINT-HEARTED?_] The original רך _rach_, signifies _tender_ or _soft-hearted_. And a _soft heart_ the man must have who, in such a c...
DEUTERONOMY 20. LAWS TO BE OBSERVED DURING WAR. Peculiar to cf. Deuteronomy 21:10 (which some attach immediately to ch. 20) and Deuteronomy 23:9; Deuteronomy 24:5 (see remarks prefixed to...
FAINT. melt....
_shall speak further_ The change in the formula is no proof that this is a later addition to the law (as Steuern. avers). _fearful and fainthearted_ It is true that such were also supposed to be posse...
Of War and Exemptions from Service in it When Israel goes to war with a foe more numerous and having horses and chariots they shall not fear; Jehovah is with them (Deuteronomy 20:1). On the eve of th...
_VER._ 8. _AND THE OFFICERS SHALL SPEAK FURTHER_— That is, "make this new proclamation throughout the camp." In consequence of this proclamation, when Gideon warred against the Midianites, there were...
(2) EXEMPTIONS FROM MILITARY SERVICE (Deuteronomy 20:5-9) 5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go a...
_AND WHAT MAN IS HE THAT HATH PLANTED A VINEYARD, AND HATH NOT YET EATEN OF IT? LET HIM ALSO GO AND RETURN UNTO HIS HOUSE, LEST HE DIE IN THE BATTLE, AND ANOTHER MAN EAT OF IT._ No JFB commentary on...
LAWS OF WARFARE 1. Horses and chariots] The army of the Israelites was chiefly composed of infantry: see on Deuteronomy 17:16....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 20 V1 ‘Do not be afraid when you go to fight against your enemies. You may see horses and carts...
AND THE OFFICERS. — The _shôterim_ of Deuteronomy 16:18; the civil magistrates apparently. The organisation of Israel was not military, but military leaders were to be appointed for special services,...
וְ יָסְפ֣וּ הַ שֹּׁטְרִים֮ לְ דַבֵּ֣ר אֶל
THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of God that no distinction is made between the secular an...
It is necessary to bear in mind that these people were being led into the land not merely to find a possession for themselves as an established nation, but first as the scourge of God against a corrup...
_Fear. Such often occasion the loss of battles. Alexander sent away all who had not courage to follow him in his expeditions. (Curtius x.) The Rabbins condemn these faint-hearted soldiers to carry wat...
The cases here stated of exception, to disqualify from war, seem to have been intended in great mercy, that men of timid minds might find excuse from war, and yet not incur the reproach of their breth...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19, 20, AND 21. Chapter 19 opens with ordinances which contemplate the people in possession and enjoyment of the land; they were to observe them, that the la...
AND THE OFFICERS SHALL SPEAK FURTHER UNTO THE PEOPLE,.... According to Maimonides n, the priest the anointed of war spoke to the end of Deuteronomy 20:7 and which the officers repeated after him to th...
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man [is there that is] fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as...
_Hath betrothed a wife_ The time allowed in this case was a year, Deuteronomy 24:5. This was a law of great humanity, that conjugal love might not be disturbed, but have time to knit into a firm and l...
1 The Priests exhortation to encourage the people to battell. 5 The officers proclamation who are to be dismissed from the warre. 10 How to vse the Cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of p...
WARFARE REGULATED BY GOD (vs.1-19) God certainly never did approve the saying, "All's fair in love and war." Rather, God gave explicit instructions to Israel as to how to conduct their warfare. But...
FAINT: _ Heb._ melt...
1-9 In the wars wherein Israel engaged according to the will of God, they might expect the Divine assistance. The Lord was to be their only confidence. In these respects they were types of the Christ...
No text from Poole on this verse....
"When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of...
Deuteronomy 20:8 officers H7860 (H8802) speak H1696 (H8763) further H3254 (H8804) people H5971 say H559 ...
PREPARATION FOR BATTLE (DEUTERONOMY 20:1). Israel was on the verge of a holy war, and instructions as to how to face up to such a fact were very necessary. They were not a warlike people, or a trained...
CONTENTS: Laws of warfare. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Those enterprises which we undertake by a divine warrant and prosecute by divine direction, we may expect to succeed in. Those have no...
Deuteronomy 20:5. _Hath not dedicated it._ David composed the xxxth Psalm for the dedication of his new palace. Good men warmed a new house by devotion. Deuteronomy 20:9. _The officers shall make capt...
_Let him go and return to his house._ THE EXEMPTIONS IN WAR Soldiers must be as free from care and cowardice as possible. Wellington declared “that the power of the greatest armies depends upon what...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 20:8 Fear could be contagious, so those who were fearful were also exempted. ⇐ ⇔
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 20:1 These laws on warfare (especially vv. Deuteronomy 20:16) may seem to be at odds with the teachings of the NT. But three things should be kept in m
CRITICAL NOTES.—Reverence for life, and that which tends to preserve it, was the motive for laws given in last chapter. The same is the basis of those in this chapter. Even in time of war, forbearance...
EXPOSITION DIRECTIONS CONCERNING WARFARE IN GENERAL, AND FOR THE BESIEGING OF CITIES IN PARTICULAR. DEUTERONOMY 20:1 The instructi
Now when they went to war, [chapter twenty] against your enemies, and you see the horses, and chariots, don't be afraid: for the LORD is with you, who brought you out of Egypt (Deuteronomy 20:1). Now...
1 Corinthians 15:33; Acts 15:37; Acts 15:38; Deuteronomy 1:28;...