The officers dedicated it - See Exodus 5:6 note.

Compare the marginal references. The expre ion is appropriate, because various cerem…

And the officers. —The shôterim of Deuteronomy 16:18; the civil magistrates apparently. The organization of Israel was no…

And the officers shall speak to the people. I have added the introductory phrase, “quum bellandum erit” (when there shall be war)…

And the officers shall speak to the people
What these officers were is not easy to say; they seem not to be officers…

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…