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Houses were dedicated by feasting and thanksgiving to God. See Psa_30:1 Neh_12:27. Heb. hath initiated it, i. e. entered upon it, taken possession of it, dwelt in it.
Let him return to his house, lest his heart be set upon it, and thereby he be negligent or timorous in the battle, to the scandal and prejudice of others.
Another man dedicate it; and so he should lose and another get the fruit of his labours, which might seem unjust or hard. And God provides even for men’s infirmities. But this and the following exceptions are to be understood only of a war allowed by God, not in a war commanded by God, not in the approaching war with the Canaanites, from which even the bridegroom was not exempted, as the Jewish writers note.