{"id":19368,"date":"2021-08-07T09:20:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T16:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=19368"},"modified":"2021-08-07T09:20:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T16:20:33","slug":"deuteronomy-20-commentary-a-sword-in-one-hand-a-tree-in-the-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2021\/08\/07\/deuteronomy-20-commentary-a-sword-in-one-hand-a-tree-in-the-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Deuteronomy 20 Commentary\u2014A Sword in One Hand, A Tree in the Other"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#00a315\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-white-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 20:1,<\/strong> <strong><em>Battle against your enemies.<\/em><\/strong> Scripture tells us to oppose the enemies of YHVH, who should also be our enemies. Today, our enemies are spiritual (2\u2009Cor 10:3\u20135; Eph 6:12). This is because every physical enemy is an evil spiritual entity. Let\u2019s face it, we are living in a time when the forces of evil are attacking and attempting to eradicate any vestiges of righteousness everywhere. Do you have the will to fight for what is right?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bible calls us to be warriors\u2014spiritual warriors. Paul talks about the spiritual battle in which we are all engaged (ibid.). One aspect of this battle is to cry aloud for the sake of truth, to be like a light on a hill, and to be a watchman on the wall warning those around you about what is coming. What are you doing in this regard or who are you in some way supporting those who are? One way to accomplish this is to support those who are trying to get the truth out, who are in the front lines fighting evil while attempting to promote righteousness. You can do this by helping them financially and through your prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_2981-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19372\" width=\"345\" height=\"469\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deuteronomy 20:19,<\/strong> <strong><em>Do not destroy its trees.<\/em><\/strong> In its commentary on this passage, <em>A Torah Commentary For Our Times<\/em> states, \u201cWhile the commandment deals specifically with cutting down trees during a siege, Jewish interpreters extend it to cover all forms of wasteful destruction under the principle of <em>bal tashchit<\/em>, or \u2018do not destroy\u2019\u2026[all w]asteful destruction is condemned. \u2018Anyone who deliberately breaks dishes, tears clothing, wrecks a building, clogs up a fountain, or wastes food violates the law of <em>bal tashchit<\/em>\u2019\u201d (various rabbinical sources are cite vol. 3, p. 143).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Genesis 2:15, Elohim commissioned Adam and Eve to \u201ctend [or dress] and keep the garden.\u201d The word <em>tend <\/em>literally means \u201cto serve, work, dress, labor\u201din the sense of a servant or steward<em>. <\/em>The word <em>keep <\/em>means \u201cto observe, guard, watch over, or preserve.\u201d This was one of Elohim\u2019s first Torah-commands to humans\u2014to take care of or nurture the planet. 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