Deuteronomy 20:8

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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 2...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 8. And the officers shall speak further — That is, "make this new proclamation throughout the camp." In consequence of this proclamation, w...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the batt...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the officers. — The shôterim of Deuteronomy 16:18 ; the civil magistrates apparently. The organisation of Israel was not military, but milit...
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...
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 natio...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The cases here stated of exception, to disqualify from war, seem to have been intended in great mercy, that men of timid minds might find excuse from...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the officers shall speak further unto the people ,.... According to Maimonides n, the priest the anointed of war spoke to the end of Deuteronom...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man [is there that is] fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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 instructio...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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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 v...
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 th...
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 devo...
The Biblical Illustrator

Let him go and return to his house. The exemptions in war Soldiers must be as free from care and cowardice as possible. Wellington declared “th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION DIRECTIONS CONCERNING WARFARE IN GENERAL , AND FOR THE BESIEGING OF CITIES IN PARTICULAR . Deuteronomy 20:...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:33 ; Acts 15:37 ; Acts 15:38 ; Deuteronomy 1:28 ; Deuteronomy 23:9 ; Exodus 15:15 ; Judges 7:3 ; Luke 9:62 ; Numbers 13:31-...

⁸ And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faintc as well as his heart.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 20:8

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 20:8