The priest - Not the high priest, but one appointed for the purpose, and called, according to the rabbis, “the anointed of the war”: therefo…

The priest. —There is no mention of the Levite here. The priest is named as a distinct personage. The words which the priest is to…

And it shall be, when you have come near. God commits the duty of exhortation to the priests when the time for conflict has arrived. But w…

Ver. 2 And it shall be, when you are come near to the battle
When all things are preparing for it, and it seems unav…

In the wars in which Israel engaged according to the will of God, they could expect Divine assistance. The Lord was to be their only confidence. In…