Deuteronomy 20:9

And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The meaning is that the “officers” should then subdivide the levies, and appoint leaders of the smaller divisions thus constituted.
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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 9. They shall make captains of the armies to lead the people — The captains of the armies shall take an account of the sum of the people....
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people....
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 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Captains of the armies — i.e., special leaders for the campaigns, whose command would probably cease when it was over. We may suppose from mention...
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 it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people ,.... By reciting what the anointed of war said unto them, and by sp...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They shall make captains Or rather, as the Hebrew is, they shall set or place the captains of the armies in the head or front of the people und...
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

Or rather, as the Hebrew hath it, they shall set or place the captains of the armies in the head or front of the people under their charge, that th...
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 it shall be when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people, men w...
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Deuteronomy 20:9
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Make captains — Or rather, as the Hebrew hath it, they shall set or place the captains of the armies in the head or front of the people under their...

⁹ And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to leadd the people.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 20:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary 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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 20:9