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Verse Deuteronomy 20:5. _THAT HATH BUILT A NEW HOUSE, AND HATH NOT
DEDICATED_ _IT?_] From the title of Psalms 30:1, - _A Psalm or Song at
the_ _Dedication of the House of David _- it is evident that...
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THE OFFICERS DEDICATED IT - See Exodus 5:6 note.
Compare the marginal references. The expression is appropriate,
because various ceremonies of a religious kind were customary among
the Jews on taking...
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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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MAN. Heb _'ish_. App-14....
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_officers shoṭerîm_, Deuteronomy 1:15; Deuteronomy 16:18.
_a new house … not dedicated_ The vb is used of the dedication of
the Temple, 1 Kings 8:63 =...
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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...
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_VER._ 5. _AND THE OFFICERS SHALL SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE_— The priest
was to pronounce the words in the former verse; after which, the
officers were to go and repeat them at the head of the battalions....
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(2) EXEMPTIONS FROM MILITARY SERVICE (Deuteronomy 20:5-9)
5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is
there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him
go a...
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_AND THE OFFICERS SHALL SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE, SAYING, WHAT MAN IS
THERE THAT HATH BUILT A NEW HOUSE, AND HATH NOT DEDICATED IT? LET HIM
GO AND RETURN TO HIS HOUSE, LEST HE DIE IN THE BATTLE, AND ANOT...
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20:5 officers (e-3) See ch. 1.15....
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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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AND THE OFFICERS. — The _shôterim_ of Deuteronomy 16:18; the civil
magistrates apparently. The organisation of Israel was not military,
but military leaders were to be appointed for special services,...
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וְ דִבְּר֣וּ הַ שֹּֽׁטְרִים֮ אֶל ־הָ
עָ֣ם
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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 the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man [is
there] that hath built a new house, and hath not (c) dedicated it? let
him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and...
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Captains. Hebrew, " shoterim, (Septuagint grammateis,) shall proclaim
to the people." Whether these were the chief officers, or only
heralds, does not appear. (Calmet) --- They were probably the pries...
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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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5._And the officers shall speak unto the people_. I have added the
commencement, “_quum bellandum erit_, ” (when there shall be war,)
that my readers may know what is the subject here discussed; for
a...
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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 THE OFFICERS SHALL SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE,.... What these officers
were is not easy to say; they seem not to be officers of the army, for
they are distinguished from captains of the armies, Deutero...
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And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man [is
there] that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him
go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and ano...
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_What man is there_ This and the following exceptions are to be
understood only of a war allowed by God, not in a war commanded by
God, not in the approaching war with the Canaanites, from which even...
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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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THE SELECTION OF SOLDIERS FOR A CAMPAIGN...
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And the officers, the keepers of the genealogical records and of the
tribal rolls, whose duty it also was to keep account of the soldiers
mustered, SHALL SPEAK UNTO THE PEOPLE, SAYING, WHAT MAN IS THE...
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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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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...
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Houses were _dedicated_ by feasting and thanksgiving to God. See
PSALMS 30:1 NEHEMIAH 12:27. Heb. _hath initiated it_, i. e. entered
upon it, taken possession of it, dwelt in it. LET HIM RETURN TO HIS...
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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 20:5 officers H7860 (H8802) speak H1696 (H8765) people
H5971 saying H559 (H8800) man H376 built...
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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...
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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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_Let him go and return to his house._
THE EXEMPTIONS IN WAR
Soldiers must be as free from care and cowardice as possible.
Wellington declared “that the power of the greatest armies depends
upon what...
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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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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 20:5 Three situations would exempt a
man from military service. Compare Deuteronomy 28:30. God desired that
his people enjoy the blessings of housing,
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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 Samuel 17:18; Deuteronomy 1:15; Deuteronomy 16:18; Nehemiah 12:27;...
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What man — This and the following exceptions are to be understood
only of a war allowed by God, not in a war commanded by God, not in
the approaching war with the Canaanites, from which even the
bride...