Deuteronomy 20:2

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

Related Commentaries of 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, perha...
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...
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 arriv...
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 spea...
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 blo...
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 a...
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 .
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The priest ] It is implied that the priests accompany the hosts of Israel into battle: see on Numbers 10:9 . Hence the Heb. phrase 'to consecrate a...
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,...
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

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...
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 pries...
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...
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...
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

Directions Concerning War; Persons Excused from War. B. C. 1451....
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...
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

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...
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 it shall be when ye are come nigh unto the battle, when they are mobilized for war and drawn up in order, to advance to the battle, that the pri...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

² And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 20:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 20:2