Deuteronomy 20:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 20 The priest's exhortation to encourage the people to fight their enemies, Deuteronomy 20:1-4. The officers proclamation who are to be dismissed from the war, Deuteronomy 20:5-9. A proclamation of peace to be made to besieged cities, Deuteronomy 20:10, and to deal with them as they accept or refuse it, Deuteronomy 20:11-18. What trees were to be cut down for the siege, and what not, Deuteronomy 20:19,20. When thou goest out to battle, upon a just and necessary cause, as upon great provocation, or for thy own defence.

Deuteronomy 20:1

1 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 the land of Egypt.