Deuteronomy 20:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God. ”

• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 ut...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Deuteronomy 20. Laws to be Observed during War. Peculiar to cf. Deuteronomy 21:10-14 (which some attach immediately to ch. 20) and Deuteronomy 23:9-14 ; Deuteronomy 24:5 (see remarks prefixed...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 20:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Deuteronomy 20:10-20 . SIEGES. (10) When thou comest nigh... proclaim peace. — Not as the children of Dan did, who massacred the inhabitants of Laish without warning ( Judges 18:27-28 ). Even i...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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 secula...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 corru...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 wo...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 preve...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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; th...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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. B...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Proclamations of War; Directions Concerning War. B. C. 1451.       10 When thou comest nigh...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Instructions For Besieging A City ( Deuteronomy 20:10-20 ). Israel had already experienced sieges in their battles with the Amorite kings. Once they had entered Canaan they would also have to bes...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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, forbeara...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 mak...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 a...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION DIRECTIONS CONCERNING WARFARE IN GENERAL , AND FOR THE BESIEGING OF CITIES IN PARTICULAR . Deuteronomy 20:1-5 The instructions in this chapter are peculi...

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Manner of Dealing With a Besieged City

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• Deuteronomy 20:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:33 ; 1 Timothy 6:5 ; 2 Corinthians 6:17 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:14 ; 2 Timothy 2:17 ; 2 Timothy 2:18 ; Deuteronomy 12:30 ; Deuteronomy 12:31 ; Deuteronomy 18:19 ; Deuteronomy 7...

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