Deuteronomy · Deuteronomy 20
The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”
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The verses immediately either side, within Deuteronomy 20.
Before
7What man is there who has pledged to be married to a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.”
Deuteronomy 20:8
The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”
After
9It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
This verse does not yet have an editorial note of its own. The chapter it belongs to is the best place to read it: Deuteronomy 20.