When (a) 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 the land of Egypt.
(a) Meaning, upon just occasion: for God does not permit his people to fight every time it seems good to them.
CHAPTER XX _Directions concerning campaigns_, 1. _The priest shall encourage the people with the assurance that_ _God will accompany and fight for them_, 2-4. _The officers shalt dismiss from the...
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ENEMIES. Hebrew text has singular, but some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Syriac, and Vulgate, read the plural, as Authorized Version. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GO...
_When thou goest forth to_ WAR, etc.] So Deuteronomy 21:10, cp. Deuteronomy 23:9 (10). On _go forth_see Deuteronomy 13:13 (14). _Enemies_, so Sam. LXX; Heb. _enemy_(but collective)....
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._ 1. _AND CHARIOTS_— See Judges 4:3. These chariots were of iron, and sometimes armed with scythes, which rendered them very formidable....
LESSON SIXTEEN DEUTERONOMY 20:1-20; DEUTERONOMY 21:10-14; DEUTERONOMY 23:9-14 g. RULES FOR CONDUCTING THE HOLY WAR ...
_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 O...
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...
XX. LAWS OF WARFARE. (1) WHEN THOU GOEST OUT TO BATTLE — i.e., generally; not only in the immediate conquest of Canaan. Yet it may be observed that in the writings of Moses it is foreseen that the co...
כִּֽי ־תֵצֵ֨א לַ † מִּלְחָמָ֜ה עַל ־אֹיְבֶ֗יךָ...
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...
_Egypt. Hence it appears that the doctrine of the Quakers, who condemn all wars, is contrary to that of God. If they were always essentially unlawful, He would never have authorized them. (Haydock)_...
CONTENTS This chapter relates to the military government of Israel among those who were more immediately appointed to fight the LORD'S battles. Here are directions for their conduct, inspiring them wi...
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...
1_When thou goest out to battle. _This law also, which concerns their political government, is a Supplement to the First Commandment, enacting that they should carry on their wars under the auspices o...
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...
WHEN THOU GOEST OUT TO BATTLE AGAINST THINE ENEMIES,.... There were two sorts of war the Israelites were engaged in, one commanded and another permitted, as Maimonides c distinguishes; one was by the...
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 ou...
_When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies_ The land of Canaan being to be gained by conquest, in a war of God's special appointment; and the Israelites, after their settlement in it, being...
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...
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses and chariots, an equipment which Israel did not possess at that time, and which always made the impression of superior power on th...
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...
DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 20 The priest's exhortation to encourage the people to fight their enemies, DEUTERONOMY 20:1. The officers proclamation who are to be dismissed from the war, DEUTERONOMY 20:5. A pr...
"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 20:1 out H3318 (H8799) battle H4421 enemies H341 (H8802) see H7200 (H8804) horses H5483 chariots...
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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...
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 20:1 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...
2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 20:12; 2 Chronicles 32:7; 2 Chronicles 32:8;...