The priest. — There is no mention of the Levite here. The priest is named as a distinct personage. The words which the priest are to pronounce are, as it were, the blessing of Jehovah on the campaign. It follows that Israel could not lawfully go to war except when the blessing of Jehovah might be invoked.
Verse Deuteronomy 20:2. _THE PRIEST SHALL APPROACH, AND SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE_] The priest on these occasions was the representative of that God whose servant he was, and whose worship he conducted....
THE PRIEST - Not the high priest, but one appointed for the purpose, and called, according to the rabbis, “the anointed of the war”: hence, perhaps the expression of Jeremiah 6:4, etc. “prepare ye” (l...
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...
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...
_when ye draw nigh_ LXX THOU DRAWEST _nigh_: see introd. note. _to the_ _WAR_] Not _battle_. The captains had still to be appointed (Deuteronomy 20:9) and this must have taken place at the start of t...
_VER._ 2. _THE PRIEST SHALL APPROACH, AND SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE_— The Jews say there was a priest anointed for this purpose: his office was, to blow with the trumpets (Numbers 31:6.) when they were pr...
LESSON SIXTEEN DEUTERONOMY 20:1-20; DEUTERONOMY 21:10-14; DEUTERONOMY 23:9-14 g. RULES FOR CONDUCTING THE HOLY WAR ...
_AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN YE ARE COME NIGH UNTO THE BATTLE, THAT THE PRIEST SHALL APPROACH AND SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE,_ The priest shall approach and speak unto the people. Jewish writers say that there...
LAWS OF WARFARE 1. Horses and chariots] The army of the Israelites was chiefly composed of infantry: see on Deuteronomy 17:16....
THE PRIEST] It is implied that the priests accompany the hosts of Israel into battle: see on Numbers 10:9. Hence the Heb. phrase 'to consecrate a war, or warriors,' usually rendered to 'prepare': see...
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...
וְ הָיָ֕ה כְּ קָֽרָבְכֶ֖ם אֶל ־הַ מִּלְחָמָ֑ה
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...
Priest. Eleazar, the high priest, acted in this capacity in the war against Madian, and sounded the trumpet, as it was not beneath his dignity. Many priests always attended the army, (Calmet) the capt...
There appears a great propriety in the appointment of GOD'S priests to encourage GOD'S people. They who are supposed to be most frequent at a throne of grace may be supposed to know most of the mind o...
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...
2_And it shall be, when ye are come nigh. _God commits the duty of exhortation to the priests, when the time of the conflict shall have arrived. But we gather from the expressions used that this passa...
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...
Ver. 2 AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN YE ARE COME NIGH UNTO THE BATTLE,.... When all things are preparing for it, and it seems unavoidable: THAT THE PRIEST SHALL APPROACH AND SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE; not any pr...
_And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,_ Ver. 2. _That the priest shall approach._] For some priests ordinarily went along w...
_The priest shall approach_ The Jews say there was a priest anointed for the purpose, whose office, as we may gather from Numbers 31:6, was to blow with the trumpet when they were preparing for battle...
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...
THE SELECTION OF SOLDIERS FOR A CAMPAIGN...
And it shall be when ye are come nigh unto the battle, when they are mobilized for war and drawn up in order, to advance to the battle, THAT THE PRIEST, one specially commissioned for that purpose, SH...
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...
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...
THE PRIEST; an eminent priest appointed for this work, and to blow with the holy trumpets, NUMBERS 10:9, NUMBERS 31:6. SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE; either successively to one regiment of the army after anot...
"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 20:2 verge H7126 (H8800) battle H4421 priest H3548 approach H5066 (H8738) speak H1696 (H8765) peo
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...
_When thou goest out to battle._ RIGHTEOUS WAR I. Undertaken to accomplish the purpose of God. “In the name of our God we will set up our banners.” II. Sanctioned by the will of God. 1. God’s will...
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 Samuel 14:18; 1 Samuel 30:7; 1 Samuel 30:8; 2 Chronicles 13:12;...
Speak unto the people — Probably to one regiment of the army after another....