"But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:"
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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 e...
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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
Deuteronomy...
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BREATHETH. Hebrew. _neshamah_. that hath breath. See App-16....
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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 b...
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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 J...
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רַ֗ק מֵ עָרֵ֤י הָֽ עַמִּים֙ הָ אֵ֔לֶּה
אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן
לְךָ֖ נַחֲלָ֑ה לֹ֥א...
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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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_Live. Hebrew, "thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth."
Josephus ([Antiquities?] iv. 8.) acknowledges that all were to be
slain; though some of the Rabbins have supposed that they might be
spar...
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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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BUT OF THE CITIES OF THOSE PEOPLE, WHICH THE LORD THY GOD DOTH GIVE
THEE FOR AN INHERITANCE,.... The cities of the seven nations, six of
which are mentioned by name in the next verse:
THOU SHALT SAVE...
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_Thou shalt save alive nothing_ No human creature; for the beasts,
some few excepted, were given for a prey. This slaughter of all the
people is to be understood only in case they did not surrender wh...
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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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MANNER OF DEALING WITH A BESIEGED CITY...
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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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Heb. _no seed_, i.e. no man, as that word is oft used. Compare JOSHUA
10:40, with DEUTERONOMY 11:14. For the beasts, some few excepted as
being under a special curse, were given them for a prey....
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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 20:16 cities H5892 peoples H5971 LORD H3068 God H430 gives
H5414 (H8802) inheritance H5159 let H2421 breathes H5397 alive H2421
(H8762)
Deuteronomy 7:1-4, Deuteronomy 7:16; Numbers 21:2-3...
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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 cap...
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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 mind: (1) they
app...
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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 instructions in this chapter are peculiar to Deuteronomy. As the
people of Go...
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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 7:1; Deuteronomy 7:16; Joshua 10:28; Joshua 10:40; Joshua
11:11; Joshua 11:12; Joshua 11:14; Joshua 6:17; Joshua 9:24; Joshua
9:27
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Nothing — No man. For the beasts, some few excepted, were given them
for a prey....