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Verse Deuteronomy 20:19. (_FOR THE TREE OF THE FIELD_ IS _MAN'S_
LIFE) _TO EMPLOY_ THEM _IN THE SIEGE_] The original is exceedingly
obscure, and has been variously translated, כי האדם עץ
השדה לבא מפנ...
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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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MAN'S. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
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_besiege … a long time_ From this and _build bulwarks_in Deuteronomy
20:19, we see that Israel were already familiar with siege-operations
and did not depend on carrying a city by immediate storm, as...
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_VER._ 19, 20. (_FOR THE TREE OF THE FIELD IS MAN'S LIFE_) _TO EMPLOY
THEM IN THE SIEGE_— The plain meaning of the passage, as appears
from the context, is, that in case of a long siege, where they mi...
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(5) RESPECT FOR NATURAL RESOURCES (Deuteronomy 20:19-20)
19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against
_it_ to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding
an...
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_WHEN THOU SHALT BESIEGE A CITY A LONG TIME, IN MAKING WAR AGAINST IT
TO TAKE IT, THOU SHALT NOT DESTROY THE TREES THEREOF BY FORCING AN AXE
AGAINST THEM: FOR THOU MAYEST EAT OF THEM, AND THOU SHALT N...
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20:19 besieged? (b-57) Others, 'not cut them down (for the tree of the
field is man's [life]), to employ them in the siege.'...
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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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כִּֽי ־תָצ֣וּר אֶל ־עִיר֩ יָמִ֨ים
רַבִּ֜ים לְֽ הִלָּחֵ֧ם עָלֶ֣יהָ לְ
תָפְשָׂ֗הּ לֹֽא ־תַשְׁחִ֤ית אֶת...
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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 thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it
to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe
against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt no...
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_Not a man. Hebrew, "the tree of the field, man." Which the
Protestants supply, " is man's life to employ them in the siege."
Septuagint, "is the tree....a man?" (Haydock) --- We might render the
Hebr...
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There seems much mercy in this precept, and it is not confined we may
suppose to trees only, but of a general tendency, in war to preserve
all that can be consistently done, that there may be no waste...
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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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19._When thou shalt besiege a city a long time_. I have not hesitated
to annex this precept to the Eighth Commandment, for when God lays a
restraint on the liberty of inflicting injuries in the very h...
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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 SHALT BESIEGE A CITY A LONG TIME, IN MAKING WAR AGAINST IT
TO TAKE IT,.... Before it will surrender; it holding out the siege a
considerable time: the Hebrew text says, "many days" c; which...
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When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it
to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe
against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt no...
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Deu. 20:19. "For the tree of the field is man's life," etc. It might
have been rendered much more agreeable to the original, "For man is a
tree of the field." It was God's will that a fruitful tree sh...
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_Thou shalt not destroy the trees_ Which is to be understood of a
general destruction of them, not of cutting down some few of them, as
the convenience of the siege might require. _Man's life_ The
sus...
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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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FOR THE TREE OF THE FIELD MANS LIFE:
Or, for, O man the tree of the field is to be employed in the seige
TO EMPLOY THEM:
_ Heb._ to go from before thee...
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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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THE TREES THEREOF, to wit, the fruit trees, as appears from the
following words; which is to be understood of a general destruction of
them, not of the cutting down of some few of them, as the conveni...
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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 20:19 besiege H6696 (H8799) city H5892 long H7227 time
H3117 war H3898 (H8736) take H8610 (H8800) destroy H7843 (H8686) trees
H6086 wielding H5080 (H8800) ax H1631 eat H398 (H8799) down H3...
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THE PRESERVATION OF TREES (DEUTERONOMY 20:19).
Analysis using the words of Moses:
a When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it
to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by...
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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 not destroy the trees._
CUTTING DOWN FRUIT TREES
It will be observed that this instruction is given to the Jews in the
event of their going to war against any city. No question of mere
ho...
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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 26:6; John 15:2; Luke 13:7; Matthew 21:19; Matthew 3:10;
Matthew 7:15...
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Thou shalt not destroy — Which is to be understood of a general
destruction of them, not of the cutting down some few of them, as the
conveniency of the siege might require. Man's life — The sustenanc...