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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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HORSES, AND CHARIOTS - The most formidable elements of an Oriental
host, which the Canaanites possessed in great numbers; compare Joshua
17:16; Jdg 4:3; 1 Samuel 13:5. Israel could not match these wit...
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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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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...
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_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)....
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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._ 1. _AND CHARIOTS_— See Judges 4:3. These chariots were of
iron, and sometimes armed with scythes, which rendered them very
formidable....
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LESSON SIXTEEN DEUTERONOMY 20:1-20; DEUTERONOMY 21:10-14; DEUTERONOMY
23:9-14
g. RULES FOR CONDUCTING THE HOLY WAR
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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 O...
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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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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...
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כִּֽי ־תֵצֵ֨א לַ † מִּלְחָמָ֜ה עַל
־אֹיְבֶ֗יךָ...
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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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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 u...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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 ou...
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_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...
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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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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...
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THE SELECTION OF SOLDIERS FOR A CAMPAIGN...
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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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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...
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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 20:1 out H3318 (H8799) battle H4421 enemies H341 (H8802)
see H7200 (H8804) horses H5483 chariots...
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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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_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...
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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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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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2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 20:12; 2 Chronicles 32:7; 2
Chronicles 32:8;...