Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Deuteronomy Chapter 20
Overview
Deu 20:1, The priest's exhortation to encourage the people to battle; Deu 20:5, The officers' proclamation of who are to be dismissed from the war; Deu 20:10, How to use the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace; Deu 20:16, What cities must be devoted; Deu 20:19, Trees of man's meat must not be destroyed in the siege.
goest out: Deu 3:21, Deu 3:22, Deu 7:1
horses: Jos 10:5-8, Jos 11:4-6, Jos 11:9; Jdg 4:3-9; Ch2 14:11, Ch2 20:12; Psa 20:7; Psa 33:16, Psa 33:17; Isa 31:1, Isa 37:24, Isa 37:25
the Lord: Deu 2:7, Deu 31:6, Deu 31:8; Gen 26:3; Num 23:21; Jos 1:5, Jos 1:9; Jdg 6:12; Ch2 32:7, Ch2 32:8; Psa 46:7, Psa 46:11, Psa 118:6; Isa 7:14, Isa 8:9, Isa 8:10, Isa 43:2; Rom 8:31
Num 10:8, Num 10:9, Num 31:6; Jdg 20:27, Jdg 20:28; Sa1 14:18, Sa1 30:7, Sa1 30:8; Ch2 13:12
let not: Psa 27:1-3; Isa 35:3, Isa 35:4, Isa 41:10-14; Mat 10:16, Mat 10:28, Mat 10:31; Eph 6:11-18; Th1 5:15; Heb 12:12, Heb 12:13; Rev 2:10
faint: Heb. be tender
tremble: Heb. make haste, Isa 28:16
be ye terrified: Psa 3:6; Isa 8:12, Isa 8:13, Isa 57:7, Isa 57:8; Mat 8:26; Mar 16:6, Mar 16:18; Act 18:9, Act 18:10, Act 27:24; Ti1 6:12; Heb 13:6
to fight: Deu 1:30, Deu 3:22, Deu 11:25, Deu 32:30; Exo 14:14; Jos 10:42, Jos 23:10; Ch2 13:12; Ch2 32:7, Ch2 32:8; Psa 144:1, Psa 144:2; Rom 8:37
the officers: Deu 1:15, Deu 16:18; Num 31:14, Num 31:48; Sa1 17:18
dedicated: Neh 12:27; Psa 30:1 *title
eaten of it: Heb. made it common, Deut. 28:1-30:20; Lev 19:23-25; Jer 31:5
lest he die: Isa 65:22; Zep 1:13
betrothed a wife: It was customary among the Jews to contract matrimony, espouse, or betroth, and for a considerable time to leave the parties in the houses of the respective parents; and when the bridegroom had made proper preparations, then the bride was brought home to his house, and the marriage consummated. The provisions in this verse refer to a case of this kind; though the Jews extend it to him who had newly consummated his marriage, and even to him who had married his brother's wife. It was deemed a peculiar hardship for a person to be obliged to go to battle, who had left a house unfinished, newly purchased land half tilled, or a wife with whom he had just contracted marriage. Deu 22:23-25, Deu 24:5; Mat 1:18
lest he die: Deu 28:30; Luk 14:18-20; Ti2 2:4
fearful: Deu 1:28, Deu 23:9; Jdg 7:3; Luk 9:62; Act 15:37, Act 15:38; Rev 3:16, Rev 21:8
lest his brethren's: Num 13:31-33, Num 14:1-3, Num 32:9; Co1 15:33
faint: Heb. melt, Deu 1:28 *marg. Exo 15:15
to lead the people: Heb. to be in the head of the people, Deu 20:9
then proclaim: Sa2 20:18-22; Isa 57:19; Zac 9:10; Luk 10:5, Luk 10:6; Act 10:36; Co2 5:18-21, Co2 6:1; Eph 2:17
tributaries: Lev 25:42-46; Jos 9:22, Jos 9:23, Jos 9:27, Jos 11:19, Jos 11:20, Jos 16:10; Jdg 1:28, Jdg 1:30-35; Kg1 9:21, Kg1 9:22; Psa 120:7; Luk 19:14
thou shalt smite: Num 31:7-9, Num 31:17, Num 31:18; Kg1 11:15, Kg1 11:16; Psa 2:6-12, Psa 21:8, Psa 21:9, Psa 110:1; Luk 19:27; Th2 1:7-9
the women: Num 31:9, Num 31:12, Num 31:18, 35-54; Jos 8:2, Jos 11:14; Ch2 14:13-15, Ch2 20:25; Psa 68:12; Rom 8:37
take unto thyself: Heb. spoil
thou shalt eat: Jos 22:8
Deu 7:1-4, Deu 7:16; Num 21:2, Num 21:3, Num 21:35, Num 33:52; Jos 6:17-21, Jos 9:24, Jos 9:27, Jos 10:28, Jos 10:40; Jos 11:11, Jos 11:12, Jos 11:14
thou shalt: Isa 34:5, Isa 34:6; Jer 48:10, Jer 50:35-40; Eze 38:21-23; Rev 19:18
the Hittites: Deu 7:1
Deu 7:4, Deu 7:5, Deu 12:30, Deu 12:31, Deu 18:19; Exo 23:33; Jos 23:13; Jdg 2:3; Psa 106:34-40; Co1 15:33; Co2 6:17; Eph 5:11; Th2 3:14; Ti1 6:5; Ti2 2:17, Ti2 2:18; Rev 18:3-5
thou shalt not: Mat 3:10, Mat 7:15-20, Mat 21:19; Luk 13:7-9; Joh 15:2-8
for the tree: etc. or, for, O man, the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege, The original is exceedingly difficult. The LXX has it, "Is the tree in the field a man, to enter the trench before thee?" The Latin Vulgate: "For it is a tree, and not a man, neither can it increase the number of those who war against thee;" Onkelos, "For the tree of the field is not as a man, that it should come against thee in the siege;" and to the same purpose the Arabic, Philo, and Josephus who say, "If trees could speak, they would cry out, that it is unjust that they, who were no cause of the war, should suffer the miseries of it." However rendered, the sense is sufficiently clear, and it is a merciful provision to spare all the fruit trees for the support of both the besieged and besiegers. Deu 26:6
to employ: etc. Heb. to go from before thee
thou shalt build: Deu 1:28; Ch2 26:15; Ecc 9:14; Isa 37:33; Jer 6:6, Jer 33:4; Eze 17:17
be subdued: Heb. come down