4. for יהוה your Elohim is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’
5. “And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, ‘Who is the man who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.
6. ‘And who is the man who has planted a vineyard and has not begun to use it? Let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man should begin to use it.
7. ‘And who is the man who is engaged to a woman 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. “And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, ‘Who is the man who is afraid and tender of heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest the heart of his brothers faint like his heart.’
9. “And it shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint commanders of the divisions to lead the people.
10. “When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then you shall make a call for peace to it.