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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...
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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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THAT. to the intent that.
SIN. Idolatry was, and still is, the great sin. Compare Galatians 1:5;
Galatians 1:20....
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The one Pl. passage in this law, see introd. note.
_abominations_ See on Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 12:31; Deuteronomy
17:1.
19 f. Of Sparing the Fruit Trees in a Siege
In a prolonged siege,
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Of the Capture of Heathen Cities
Before besieging a city Israel shall offer peace, and if it
surrenders its people shall be subject to service (Deuteronomy 20:10
f.). But if it will not, Israel shall...
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_VER._ 16-18. _BUT OF THE CITIES OF THESE PEOPLE—THOU SHALT SAVE
ALIVE NOTHING THAT BREATHETH_— i.e. Neither man, woman, nor child:
but this slaughter of all the people is to be understood only, as we...
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(4) TREATMENT OF CANAANITE CITIES (Deuteronomy 20:16-18)
16 But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth
thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth;
17 bu...
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_AND IT SHALL BE, IF IT MAKE THEE ANSWER OF PEACE, AND OPEN UNTO THEE,
THEN IT SHALL BE, THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT IS FOUND THEREIN SHALL BE
TRIBUTARIES UNTO THEE, AND THEY SHALL SERVE THEE._
No JFB c...
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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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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...
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לְמַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא ־יְלַמְּד֤וּ
אֶתְכֶם֙ לַ...
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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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The nations here excepted from mercy, are evidently types of the open
and determined foes of the church of JESUS. There can be no coalition,
no agreement between CHRIST and Belial. The seed of the wom...
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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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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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THAT THEY TEACH YOU NOT TO DO AFTER ALL THEIR ABOMINATIONS,.... This
is another reason why they were to be utterly destroyed, not only
because of the abominations which they committed, but to prevent...
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_That they teach you not to do after all their abominations_ Here is
the great reason for the aforesaid severe execution; they were most
abominable idolaters, who offered their children to Moloch; the...
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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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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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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 20:18 teach H3925 (H8762) do H6213 (H8800) abominations
H8441 done H6213 (H8804) gods H430 sin
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BESIEGING A CITY (DEUTERONOMY 20:10).
Israel had already experienced sieges in their battles with the
Amorite kings. Once they had entered Canaan they would also have to
besiege Canaa...
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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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_Thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth._
EXTERMINATION OF CANAANITES
Is not this fierce irruption in Canaan with fire and sword precisely
similar to the wave of Mahomedan conquest? Is it any w...
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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 20:16 Only the cities within the
Promised Land are to be devoted TO COMPLETE DESTRUCTION. The mandate
for complete destruction does not apply to cities outside Canaan ...
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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 Corinthians 15:33; 1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Corinthians 6:17; 2
Thessalonians 3:14;...