And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
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Gill's Exposition
And the officers shall speak unto the people,.... What these officers were is not easy to say; they seem not to be officers of the army, for they are distinguished from captains of the armies, Deu…
Barnes' Notes
The officers dedicated it - See Exo 5:6 note. Compare the marginal references. The expression is appropriate, because various ceremonies of a religious kind were customary among the Jews on taking…
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
officers shoṭerîm, Deu 1:15; Deu 16:18.
a new house … not dedicated The vb is used of the dedication of the Temple, 1Ki 8:63 = 2Ch 7:5, but nowhere else in the O.T. is there any mention of the…
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