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Has anyone just become engaged? Well, go home and get married! For you might die in the battle, and someone else would marry your fiancée. And now, is anyone afraid? If you are, go home before you frighten the rest of us!’ When the officers have finished saying this to their men, they will announce the names of the battalion leaders.

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Has anyone become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else marry her.(A) Then the officers shall add, “Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his fellow soldiers will not become disheartened too.”(B) When the officers have finished speaking to the army, they shall appoint commanders over it.

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