There seems much mercy in this precept, and it is not confined we may suppose to trees only, but of a general tendency, in war to preserve all that can be consistently done, that there may be no waste of any of the good things of GOD'S providence. It is one of the distinguishing characters of the gospel church, that neither violence nor destruction shall be heard within her borders: Isaiah 60:18.
Verse Deuteronomy 20:19. (_FOR THE TREE OF THE FIELD_ IS _MAN'S_ LIFE) _TO EMPLOY_ THEM _IN THE SIEGE_] The original is exceedingly obscure, and has been variously translated, כי האדם עץ השדה לבא מפנ...
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...
MAN'S. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
_besiege … a long time_ From this and _build bulwarks_in Deuteronomy 20:19, we see that Israel were already familiar with siege-operations and did not depend on carrying a city by immediate storm, as...
_VER._ 19, 20. (_FOR THE TREE OF THE FIELD IS MAN'S LIFE_) _TO EMPLOY THEM IN THE SIEGE_— The plain meaning of the passage, as appears from the context, is, that in case of a long siege, where they mi...
(5) RESPECT FOR NATURAL RESOURCES (Deuteronomy 20:19-20) 19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against _it_ to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an a...
_WHEN THOU SHALT BESIEGE A CITY A LONG TIME, IN MAKING WAR AGAINST IT TO TAKE IT, THOU SHALT NOT DESTROY THE TREES THEREOF BY FORCING AN AXE AGAINST THEM: FOR THOU MAYEST EAT OF THEM, AND THOU SHALT N...
20:19 besieged? (b-57) Others, 'not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's [life]), to employ them in the siege.'...
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...
כִּֽי ־תָצ֣וּר אֶל ־עִיר֩ יָמִ֨ים רַבִּ֜ים לְ
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...
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt no...
Not a man. Hebrew, "the tree of the field, man." Which the Protestants supply, " is man's life to employ them in the siege." Septuagint, "is the tree....a man?" (Haydock) --- We might render the Hebre...
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...
19._When thou shalt besiege a city a long time_. I have not hesitated to annex this precept to the Eighth Commandment, for when God lays a restraint on the liberty of inflicting injuries in the very h...
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 SHALT BESIEGE A CITY A LONG TIME, IN MAKING WAR AGAINST IT TO TAKE IT,.... Before it will surrender; it holding out the siege a considerable time: the Hebrew text says, "many days" c; which...
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt no...
Deu. 20:19. "For the tree of the field is man's life," etc. It might have been rendered much more agreeable to the original, "For man is a tree of the field." It was God's will that a fruitful tree sh...
_Thou shalt not destroy the trees_ Which is to be understood of a general destruction of them, not of cutting down some few of them, as the convenience of the siege might require. _Man's life_ The sus...
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...
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof, the various trees bearing fruits and nuts, BY FORCING AN AX AGAINST THEM, by...
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...
FOR THE TREE OF THE FIELD MANS LIFE: Or, for, O man the tree of the field is to be employed in the seige TO EMPLOY THEM: _ Heb._ to go from before thee...
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...
THE TREES THEREOF, to wit, the fruit trees, as appears from the following words; which is to be understood of a general destruction of them, not of the cutting down of some few of them, as the conveni...
"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 20:19 besiege H6696 (H8799) city H5892 long H7227 time H3117 war H3898 (H8736) take H8610 ...
THE PRESERVATION OF TREES (DEUTERONOMY 20:19). Analysis using the words of Moses: a When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by...
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 not destroy the trees._ CUTTING DOWN FRUIT TREES It will be observed that this instruction is given to the Jews in the event of their going to war against any city. No question of mere ho...
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
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 20:19 Israel is to inherit trees that it did not plant (see Deuteronomy 6:11)....
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...
Deuteronomy 26:6; John 15:2; Luke 13:7; Matthew 21:19; Matthew 3:10;...
Thou shalt not destroy — Which is to be understood of a general destruction of them, not of the cutting down some few of them, as the conveniency of the siege might require. Man's life — The sustenanc...