20<\/strong>. bulwarks<\/em> ] Heb. maor<\/em>, from the vb to besiege<\/em>, therefore, siege-works<\/strong>, or circumvallation. See Mic 5:1<\/span> (Deu 4:14<\/span>), Isa 29:3<\/span>, Jer 6:6<\/span>, fell ye trees and heap up a wall against Jerusalem<\/em>, cp Eze 4:2<\/span>, Jdg 9:46-49 , 2Sa 20:15<\/span>. Specimens of such works, of wicker and wood, are seen in Assyrian sculptures.<\/p>\n until it fall<\/em> ] Deu 28:52<\/span>, Isa 32:19<\/span>.<\/p>\n 20. thou shalt build bulwarksagainst the city that maketh war with thee<\/B>It is evident thatsome sort of military engines were intended; and accordingly we know,that in Egypt, where the Israelites learned their military tactics,the method of conducting a siege was by throwing up banks, and makingadvances with movable towers, or with the testudo [WILKINSON].<\/P><\/p>\n Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for<\/strong> meat,…. Which might be known not only by their not having fruit upon them, but by other tokens, and even at a time of year when there was no fruit on any, which might be sometimes the season of a siege:<\/p>\n thou shalt destroy and cut them down<\/strong>; if so to do was of any disservice to the enemy, or of any service to them, as follows; they had a liberty to destroy them if they would:<\/p>\n and thou shall build bulwarks against the city that maketh war, until it be subdued<\/strong>; build bulwarks of the trees cut down, and raise batteries with them, or make machines and engines of the wood of them, to cast stones into the city to annoy the inhabitants of it, in order to make them surrender, and until they do it. All this may be an emblem of the axe being to be laid to fruitless trees in a moral and spiritual sense; and of trees of righteousness, laden with the fruits of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, being preserved and never to be cut down or rooted up; see Mt 3:10<\/span>.<\/p>\n 20<\/strong>. <\/strong> Not trees for meat <\/strong> This verse suggests such acquaintance with laying siege to fortified places as might have been learned from the Egyptians.<\/p>\n REFLECTIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n READER! let us not shut the book after the perusal of this Chapter, without first looking up for grace to bless the LORD for our happy lot, in being brought within the peaceable kingdom of JESUS who hath gone before us, and driven out the enemies of our salvation before our face. But while we bless his holy name for the privileges we enjoy as a people, in the consciousness that in our own hearts enemies are found, which too often oppose our way in the path of grace; let us see that we give no truce to those everlasting foes which wage war against our GOD and against his CHRIST. Yes, dearest JESUS! I would say, do not I hate them, O LORD, of every description and character that hate thee, and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? Yea I hate them with perfect hatred, I count them mine enemies. Let the military character, and especially the ministers of JESUS, learn from this chapter where their strength and confidence is to be found, and in the sure presence of a gracious covenant GOD in CHRIST, and long experience of his faithfulness always derive courage to animate themselves and the holy army of GOD’S people in their warfare with the enemies of their salvation. If the LORD of hosts be with us, the GOD of Jacob will be our refuge.<\/p>\n thou shalt build: Deu 1:28, 2Ch 26:15, Ecc 9:14, Isa 37:33, Jer 6:6, Jer 33:4, Eze 17:17 <\/p>\n be subdued: Heb. come down <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ki 3:19 – fell 2Ki 3:25 – and felled<\/p>\n Only the trees which thou knowest that they [be] not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. 20. bulwarks ] Heb. maor, from the vb to besiege, therefore, siege-works, or circumvallation. See Mic 5:1 (Deu … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 20:20”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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