And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
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Gill's Exposition
When all things are preparing for it, and it seems unavoidable:
that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people; not any priest, but one appointed for this service; who is called
the…
Barnes' Notes
The priest - Not the high priest, but one appointed for the purpose, and called, according to the rabbis, “the anointed of the war”: hence, perhaps the expression of Jer 6:4, etc. “prepare ye”…
Israel was at this time to be considered rather as a camp than as a kingdom, entering upon an enemy's country, and not yet settled in a country of their own; and, besides the war they were now…
Cambridge Bible
when ye draw nigh LXX thou drawest nigh: see introd. note.
to the war] Not battle. The captains had still to be appointed (Deu 20:20) and this must have taken place at the start of the campaign, not…
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