Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Deuteronomy 20:20

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Deuteronomy 20:20 - 20:20

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Deuteronomy 20:20 - 20:20

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thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee - It is evident that some sort of military engines were intended; and accordingly we know, that in Egypt, where the Israelites learned their military tactics, the method of conducting a siege was by throwing up banks, and making advances with movable towers, or with the testudo [Wilkinson].