Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When the officers have finished speaking to the army, they shall appoint commanders over it. New Living Translation When the officers have finished speaking to their troops, they will appoint the unit commanders. English Standard Version And when the officers have finished speaking to the people, then commanders shall be appointed at the head of the people. Berean Standard Bible When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it. King James Bible And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people. New King James Version And so it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people. New American Standard Bible And when the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head of the people. NASB 1995 “When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head of the people. NASB 1977 “And it shall come about that when the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head of the people. Amplified Bible And it shall be when the officers have finished speaking to the soldiers, they shall appoint commanders of armies over them. Christian Standard Bible When the officers have finished addressing the army, they will appoint military commanders to lead it. Holman Christian Standard Bible When the officers have finished addressing the army, they will appoint military commanders to lead it.” American Standard Version And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And when the Scribes have finished speaking to the people, the Commanders of the armies shall stand at the front of the people. Brenton Septuagint Translation And it shall come to pass when the scribes shall have ceased speaking to the people, that they shall appoint generals of the army to be leaders of the people. Contemporary English Version When the officials are finished giving these orders, they will appoint officers to be in command of the army. Douay-Rheims Bible And when the captains of the army shall hold their peace, and have made an end of speaking, every man shall prepare their bands to fight. Good News Translation When the officers have finished speaking to the army, leaders are to be chosen for each unit. International Standard Version "When the officials have finished speaking to the army, they must appoint officers to lead the troops." JPS Tanakh 1917 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that captains of hosts shall be appointed at the head of the people. Literal Standard Version And it has come to pass, as the authorities finish to speak to the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people. New American Bible When the officials have finished speaking to the army, military commanders shall be appointed over them. NET Bible Then, when the officers have finished speaking, they must appoint unit commanders to lead the troops. New Revised Standard Version When the officials have finished addressing the troops, then the commanders shall take charge of them. New Heart English Bible It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people. World English Bible It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people. Young's Literal Translation and it hath come to pass as the authorities finish to speak unto the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people. Additional Translations ... Context Laws of Warfare…8Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.” 9 When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it. 10When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.… Cross References Deuteronomy 20:8 Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, "Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own." Deuteronomy 20:10 When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace. Treasury of Scripture And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
(9) Captains of the armies--i.e., special leaders for the campaigns, whose command would probably cease when it was over. We may suppose from mention of the "thousands" in the army--"the captain of their thousand" (1Samuel 17:18)--that the military divisions corresponded with the civil organization of the people so far as this, that the men of the same "thousand," according to Jethro's arrangement, would be brigaded together, and have one captain. If, as is also possible, the word "thousand" in military language signifies the contingent furnished by a "thousand" in Israel, irrespective of its number, it would remove many difficulties; for the whole thousand would very rarely be in the field together, and the contingent sent by a given "thousand" might consist of a very few men. If, therefore, the contingent of sixty "thousands" were to be described as 60,000, and the sixty companies were all cut up or annihilated, it might be reported as a slaughter of 60,000 men, while the lives actually lost would be nothing like so many.Verse 9. - The next thing the shoterim had to do was to appoint captains to head the people who were going to war. The army was divided into bands or companies, and over each of these a captain was placed, whose it was to command and lead (cf. Numbers 31:14, 48; 1 Samuel 8:12; 1 Samuel 22:7; 2 Samuel 18:1). Captains of the armies. The phrase, "captain of a host" (שַׂר צָבָא), usually designates the general or commander-in-chief of the entire army (Genesis 21:22; 2 Samuel 2:8; 1 Kings 16:16, etc.); but here the phrase is used in the plural of the chiefs of the companies or detachments of which the whole was composed. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When the officersהַשֹּׁטְרִ֖ים (haš·šō·ṭə·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7860: A scribe, an official superintendent, magistrate have finished כְּכַלֹּ֥ת (kə·ḵal·lōṯ) Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent addressing לְדַבֵּ֣ר (lə·ḏab·bêr) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue the army, הָעָ֑ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock they are to appoint וּפָֽקְד֛וּ (ū·p̄ā·qə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit commanders שָׂרֵ֥י (śā·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince to lead it. בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (bə·rōš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7218: The head Jump to Previous Appoint Appointed Armies Army Authorities Captains Commanders End Ended Head Hosts It Lead Officers Overseers Princes Speak Speaking WordsJump to Next Appoint Appointed Armies Army Authorities Captains Commanders End Ended Head Hosts It Lead Officers Overseers Princes Speak Speaking WordsLinks Deuteronomy 20:9 NIVDeuteronomy 20:9 NLT Deuteronomy 20:9 ESV Deuteronomy 20:9 NASB Deuteronomy 20:9 KJV Deuteronomy 20:9 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 20:9 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 20:9 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 20:9 French Bible Deuteronomy 20:9 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 20:9 It shall be when the officers have (Deut. De Du) |
   
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