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See the margin and references. The fruit of newly-planted trees was
set apart from common uses for four years....
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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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WHAT. Figure of speech _Erotesis._...
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_not used the fruit thereof_ As in Deuteronomy 28:30 EVV. paraphrase
the Heb. _ḥalal_, a ritual term for bringing into common use. In the
5th year after planting the vine, one might use the fruits whi...
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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._ 6. _HATH PLANTED A VINEYARD, AND HATH NOT YET EATEN OF IT?_—
By the law, Leviticus 19:24 they might not eat of the fruit of trees
for three years; and in the fourth the fruit was sacred, and to...
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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 WHAT MAN IS HE THAT HATH PLANTED A VINEYARD, AND HATH NOT YET
EATEN OF IT? LET HIM ALSO GO AND RETURN UNTO HIS HOUSE, LEST HE DIE IN
THE BATTLE, AND ANOTHER MAN EAT OF IT._
No JFB commentary on...
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20:6 it? (a-16) Lit. 'profaned it,' or 'made it common,' according to
the custom of the fifth year; see Leviticus 19:24 ,Leviticus 19:25 ;
Jeremiah 31:5 ....
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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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וּ מִֽי ־הָ אִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר ־נָטַ֥ע
כֶּ֨רֶם֙
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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 what man [is he] that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not [yet]
(d) eaten of it? let him [also] go and return unto his house, lest he
die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
(d) The Hebre...
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Common. Hebrew, "hath not profaned it." (Menochius) --- During the
three first years, the fruit was not eaten. In the fourth it was
sacred to the Lord, and given to the priests, so that the owner coul...
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The cases here stated of exception, to disqualify from war, seem to
have been intended in great mercy, that men of timid minds might find
excuse from war, and yet not incur the reproach of their breth...
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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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AND WHAT MAN IS HE THAT HATH PLANTED A VINEYARD, AND HATH NOT YET
EATEN OF IT?.... Which he has a right to do, and it is hard for him to
be deprived of it, 1 Corinthians 9:7 or "hath not made it commo...
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And what man [is he] that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not [yet]
eaten of it? let him [also] go and return unto his house, lest he die
in the battle, and another man eat of it.
Ver. 7. _That hat...
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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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And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet
eaten of it, for, by God's command, there could not be a common use of
fruit until the fifth year, Leviticus 19:23? LET HIM ALSO GO AN...
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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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EATEN OF IT:
_ Heb._ made it common...
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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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This and the former dispensation were generally convenient, but more
necessary in the beginning of their settlement in Canaan, for the
encouragement of those who should build houses or plant vineyards...
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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 20:6 man H376 planted H5193 (H8804) vineyard H3754 eaten
H2490 (H8765) go H3212 (H8799) return...
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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 20:5 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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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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Deuteronomy 30:20; Isaiah 65:22; Jeremiah 31:5; Leviticus 19:23;...