Verse 8
Deuteronomy 20:8
New King James Version
8
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man
is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יָסְפ֣וּ הַ/שֹּׁטְרִים֮ לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר אֶל הָ/עָם֒ וְ/אָמְר֗וּ מִי הָ/אִ֤ישׁ הַ/יָּרֵא֙ וְ/רַ֣ךְ הַ/לֵּבָ֔ב יֵלֵ֖ךְ וְ/יָשֹׁ֣ב לְ/בֵית֑/וֹ וְ/לֹ֥א יִמַּ֛ס אֶת לְבַ֥ב אֶחָ֖י/ו כִּ/לְבָבֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And the officers shall speak to the people and say, “Who is the man that is afraid and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, and let him not melt the heart of his brothers like his own heart.”
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Chapter 20 Context
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And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let...
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8
And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man
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9
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall mak...
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10
When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
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11
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be,
that all the...
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12
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
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13
And when the LORD thy God (Elohim) hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male t...
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14
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city,
even all the spoil...
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15
Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities
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16
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God (Elohim) doth give thee
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17
But thou shalt utterly destroy them;
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18
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19
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Only the trees which thou knowest that they
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