Geneva Bible Notes: Deuteronomy 20

Deuteronomy 20:1 ^! The exhortacion of the Priest when the Israelites go to battel.

Deuteronomy 20:1 ^a Meaning vpon juste occasion: for God permitteth not his people to fight when it semeth good to them.

Deuteronomy 20:4 ^b Is present to defend you with his grace and power.

Deuteronomy 20:5 ^c For when thei entred first to dwel in an house, they gaue thenkes to God, acknowledging that they had that benefit by his grace.

Deuteronomy 20:5 ^! The exhortacion of the officers shewing who shulde go to battel.

Deuteronomy 20:6 ^d The Ebrewe worde signifieth to make commune or profane, {Leu. 19:25}.

Deuteronomy 20:10 ^e If it accept peace.

Deuteronomy 20:10 ^! Peace must first be proclaimed.

Deuteronomy 20:15 ^f For god had appointed that the Canaanites shulde be destroyed, & made the Israelites executors of his wil. {Chap. 7,1}.

Deuteronomy 20:19 ^g Some read, For man shalbe in steade of the tre of the field, to come out in the siege against thee.

Deuteronomy 20:19 ^! The trees that beare frute, must not be destroyed.