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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Deuteronomy 20
enemies. Hebrew text has singular, but some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Syriac, and Vulgate, read the plural, as Authorized Version.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
faint. This and the following three words = Figure of speech Synonymia. App-6. tremble = be excited. (Hebrew = make haste.)
proclaim peace: i.e. if it belong not to the Canaanites. Compare Matthew 10:12, Matthew 10:13.
spoil. take = take as a prey. These two words, "spoil" and "prey", occur in the name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. Isaiah 8:1.
utterly destroy. Because descendants of the Nephilim. App-25. Compare Ch. Deuteronomy 7:1, Deuteronomy 7:2.
namely. Only six mentioned here.
as = according as.
That = to the intent that.
sin. Idolatry was, and still is, the great sin. Compare Galatians 1:5, Galatians 1:20.
man"s. Hebrew. "adam. App-14.
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