Deuteronomy 20:8-10

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁸ Then the officers are to speak again to the people and say, “Whoever is afraid and fainthearted may go and return to his house, so that the hearts of his brother Israelites do not melt in cowardice like his heart.”

⁹ When the officers finish speaking to the people, they are to appoint army commanders at the head of the people.

¹⁰ When you approach a city to fight against it, call out to it, asking for a peaceful surrender.