Chapter 20:
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Deuteronomy 20
The exhortation of the priest to them who were going to
battle, ver. 1-4. The dismission of them who were engaged in
business, or faint-hearted, ver. 5-9. How they were to treat distant
cities, ver. 10-15. The cities of the Canaanites, ver. 16-18. Fruit-
trees not to be destroyed, ver. 19, 20.
Verse 2. Speak unto the people - Probably to one regiment of the army
after another.
Verse 5. What man - 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 the bridegroom was not exempted,
as the Jewish writers note.
Verse 6. A vineyard - 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, which was chargeable to them,
and beneficial to the common-wealth. Eaten of it - Hebrew. made
it common, namely, for the use of himself and family and friends,
which it was not, 'till the fifth year.
Verse 9. Make captains - Or rather, as the Hebrew hath it, they shall set
or place the captains of the armies in the head or front of the
people under their charge, that they may conduct them, and by
their example encourage their soldiers. It is not likely they had
their captains to make when they were just going to battle.
Verse 16. Nothing - No man. For the beasts, some few excepted, were
given them for a prey.
Verse 19. 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 sustenance or support of his life.
Chapter 20:
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