Devarim 20:8-10

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁸ And the shoterim shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What ish is there that is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return unto his bais, lest his brethren’s lev faint as well as his lev.

⁹ And it shall be, when the shoterim have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall appoint sarei tzvaos to lead the people.

¹⁰ When thou comest nigh unto a town to fight against it, then proclaim an offer of shalom unto it.