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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Les officiers parleront ensuite au peuple et diront: Qui est-ce qui a bâti une maison neuve, et ne s'y est point encore établi? Qu'il s'en aille et retourne chez lui, de peur qu'il ne meure dans la bataille et qu'un autre ne s'y établisse.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Agricultura
θω καὶ ἀποστραφήτω εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, μὴ ἀποθάνῃ ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἕτερος λήψεται αὐτήν“ (Deut. 20,5—7). διὰ τί γάρ, εἴποιμ’ ἂν, ὦ θαυμασιώτατε, οὐχὶ 2 μαρυκᾶται MA 8 μέντοι scripsi: μὲν codd., δὲ v 4 ὅτι τὴν περὶ MAG: ὅτιπερ τὴν H, ὅτιπερ Turn. ἑκάτερον scripsi: θατέρ…
Philo Judaeus
De Virtutibus
Η 15 καθείς] καταθεὶς Α ἐπικαρπίας AK: Καρπίας SVOFG (Mang.), καρπείας BEMHP (Turn.) παρθενείαν H 13 Deut. 20,5—7. cf. loseph. Ant. lud. IV § 298 13 sqq. Clem. Alex. l. l. πάλιν εἰ τις, φησί, νεωστὶ δειμάμενος οἰκίαν οὐκ ἔφθη εἰσοικίσασθαι ἢ ἀμπελῶνα νεόφυτον ἐργασάμενος μηδέπω τ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ood is sought in a war which men fight against their enemies. Therefore it is unsuitably commanded ( Dt. 20:5-7 ) that certain men should be sent home, for instance a man that had built a new house, or who had planted a vineyard, or who had married a wife. Objection 6: Further, n…
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