Deuteronomy 20:8
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
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6 And what man that has planted a vineyard, and has not eaten of it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
7 And what man that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
10 When you comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.