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...
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...
THAT. to the intent that. SIN. Idolatry was, and still is, the great sin. Compare Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:20....
The one Pl. passage in this law, see introd. note. _abominations_ See on Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 12:31; Deuteronomy 17:1. 19 f. Of Sparing the Fruit Trees in a Siege In a prolonged siege,
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...
_VER._ 16-18. _BUT OF THE CITIES OF THESE PEOPLE—THOU SHALT SAVE ALIVE NOTHING THAT BREATHETH_— i.e. Neither man, woman, nor child: but this slaughter of all the people is to be understood only, as we...
(4) TREATMENT OF CANAANITE CITIES (Deuteronomy 20:16-18) 16 But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth; 17 bu...
_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...
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...
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...
לְמַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא ־יְלַמְּד֤וּ אֶתְכֶם֙ לַ...
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...
The nations here excepted from mercy, are evidently types of the open and determined foes of the church of JESUS. There can be no coalition, no agreement between CHRIST and Belial. The seed of the wom...
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...
THAT THEY TEACH YOU NOT TO DO AFTER ALL THEIR ABOMINATIONS,.... This is another reason why they were to be utterly destroyed, not only because of the abominations which they committed, but to prevent...
_That they teach you not to do after all their abominations_ Here is the great reason for the aforesaid severe execution; they were most abominable idolaters, who offered their children to Moloch; the...
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...
that they teach you not to do after all their abominations which they have done unto their gods, the idolatrous and immoral customs connected with their worship; SO SHOULD YE SIN AGAINST THE LORD, YOU...
MANNER OF DEALING WITH A BESIEGED CITY...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
_Thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth._ EXTERMINATION OF CANAANITES Is not this fierce irruption in Canaan with fire and sword precisely similar to the wave of Mahomedan conquest? Is it any w...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 20:16 Only the cities within the Promised Land are to be devoted TO COMPLETE DESTRUCTION. The mandate for complete destruction does not apply to cities outside Canaan ...
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...