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Directions intended to prevent wanton destruction of life and property
in sieges.
Deuteronomy 20:16
Forbearance, however, was not to be shown toward the Canaanite
nations, which were to be utterly ex...
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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...
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_tributary_ Heb. _la-mas. Mas_means a body of forced labourers, e.g.
of Israelites in Egypt, Exodus 1:11, or of Solomon's levies for work
in Lebanon and upon his buildings, 1 Kings 5:13 (27), Deuteron...
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Of the Capture of Heathen Cities
Before besieging a city Israel shall offer peace, and if it
surrenders its people shall be subject to service (Deuteronomy 20:10
f.). But if it will not, Israel shall...
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_VER._ 11. _IF IT MAKE THEE ANSWER OF PEACE_— i.e. Accept of the
conditions offered to them, which, we are told, were three: first,
that they should renounce idolatry; secondly, become subjects to the...
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(3) TREATMENT OF CITIES IN FAR-OFF NATIONS (Deuteronomy 20:10-15)
10 When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then
proclaim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of...
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_AND IT SHALL BE, IF IT MAKE THEE ANSWER OF PEACE, AND OPEN UNTO THEE,
THEN IT SHALL BE, THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT IS FOUND THEREIN SHALL BE
TRIBUTARIES UNTO THEE, AND THEY SHALL SERVE THEE._
No JFB c...
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LAWS OF WARFARE
1. Horses and chariots] The army of the Israelites was chiefly
composed of infantry: see on Deuteronomy 17:16....
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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...
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Deuteronomy 20:10. SIEGES.
(10) WHEN THOU COMEST NIGH... PROCLAIM PEACE. — Not as the children
of Dan did, who massacred the inhabitants of Laish without warning
(Judges 18:27). Even in the wars of Jo...
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וְ הָיָה֙ אִם ־שָׁלֹ֣ום תַּֽעַנְךָ֔
וּ פָתְחָ
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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...
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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...
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And it shall be, if it make thee answer of (e) peace, and open unto
thee, then it shall be, [that] all the people [that is] found therein
shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
(e...
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_Tribute. This was usually imposed by the victor, to defray the
expenses of the war, and to prevent its breaking out again. The kings
of Moab had to pay 100,000 rams, and as many sheep, to the kings o...
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Observe the grace of GOD beautifully set forth in the proclamation
made to sinners, in the gospel of salvation. If sinners will throw
down their arms and receive the LORD JESUS all shall be well. It i...
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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...
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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...
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AND IT SHALL BE, IF IT MAKE THEE ANSWER OF PEACE,.... Comply with the
terms of peace offered:
AND OPEN UNTO THEE; the gates of the city and its garrisons, and
deliver all into their hands:
THEN IT S...
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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...
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And it shall be, if it, the city, MAKE THEE ANSWER OF PEACE, agree to
the conditions as offered, AND OPEN (its gates) UNTO THEE, THEN IT
SHALL BE THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT IS FOUND THERE IN SHALL BE
TR...
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MANNER OF DEALING WITH A BESIEGED CITY...
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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...
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10-12 The Israelites are here directed about the nations on whom they
made war. Let this show God's grace in dealing with sinners. He
proclaims peace, and beseeches them to be reconciled. Let it also...
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By their purses, and by their labours too, as appears from 1 KINGS
9:15 2 CHRONICLES 8:7,8...
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"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...
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Deuteronomy 20:11 offer H6030 (H8799) peace H7965 open H6605 (H8804)
people H5971 found H4672 (H8737) trib
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BESIEGING A CITY (DEUTERONOMY 20:10).
Israel had already experienced sieges in their battles with the
Amorite kings. Once they had entered Canaan they would also have to
besiege Canaa...
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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...
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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...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 20:10 Verses Deuteronomy 20:10 apply
to cities outside the boundaries of the Promised Land (see v....
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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
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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...
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EXPOSITION
DIRECTIONS CONCERNING WARFARE IN GENERAL, AND FOR THE BESIEGING OF
CITIES IN PARTICULAR.
DEUTERONOMY 20:1
The instructi
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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...
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1 Kings 9:21; 1 Kings 9:22; Joshua 11:19; Joshua 11:20; Joshua 16:10;...