7. What man is there who has pledged to be married 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.”
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.”
9. It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
10. When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.