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Deuteronomy 20:8

World English Bible

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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Deuteronomy 20:8 in other translations

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart melt as his heart.

Deuteronomy 20:8 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 20:8 in context

  1. 6What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.
  2. 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.”
  3. 8The 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.”
  4. 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.
  5. 10When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.