Deuteronomy 20:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, ”

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The priest - Not the high priest, but one appointed for the purpose, and called, according to the rabbis, “the anointed of the war”: hence, perhaps the expression of Jeremiah 6:4 , etc. “prepare...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - 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...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh. God commits the duty of exhortation to the priests, when the time of the conflict shall have arrived. But we gather from the expressions used that t...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, The priest shall approach, and speak unto the people - The priest on these occasions...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 2. The priest shall approach, and speak unto the people — The Jews say there was a priest anointed for this purpose: his office was, to blow with the trumpets ( Numbers 31:6 .) when they we...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, The priest shall approach and speak unto the people. Jewish writers say that...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - 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 .
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The priest. — There is no mention of the Levite here. The priest is named as a distinct personage. The words which the priest are to pronounce are, as it were, the blessing of Jehovah on the campai...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - 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...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - 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...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There appears a great propriety in the appointment of GOD'S priests to encourage GOD'S people. They who are supposed to be most frequent at a throne of grace may be supposed to know most of the mind...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ver. 2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle ,.... When all things are preparing for it, and it seems unavoidable: that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people ; not a...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, Ver. 2. That the priest shall approach. ] For some priests ordinarily went along...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The priest shall approach The Jews say there was a priest anointed for the purpose, whose office, as we may gather from Numbers 31:6 , was to blow with the trumpet when they were preparing for bat...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - 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...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Directions Concerning War; Persons Excused from War. B. C. 1451. 1 When thou goest out t...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The priest; an eminent priest appointed for this work, and to blow with the holy trumpets, Numbers 10:9 , Numbers 31:6 . Speak unto the people; either successively to one regiment of the army...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preparation For Battle ( Deuteronomy 20:1-9 ). 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...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - 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...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - 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...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

When thou goest out to battle. Righteous war I. Undertaken to accomplish the purpose of God. “In the name of our God we will set up our banners.” II. Sanctioned by the will of God. 1. God...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - 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...
Deuteronomy 20:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Selection of Soldiers For a Campaign
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:18 ; 1 Samuel 30:7 ; 1 Samuel 30:8 ; 2 Chronicles 13:12 ; Judges 20:27 ; Judges 20:28 ; Numbers 10:8 ; Numbers 10:9 ; Numbers 31:6
Deuteronomy 20:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Speak unto the people — Probably to one regiment of the army after another.

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 20:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 20:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 20:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 20:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 20:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 20:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 20:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes