Deuteronomy 20:8-10

Revised Geneva Translation

⁸ “And let the officers speak further to the people, and say, ‘Whoever is afraid and faint-hearted, let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart faints like his heart.’

⁹ “And after the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, they shall make captains of the army to govern the people.

¹⁰ “When you come near to a city, to fight against it, you shall offer it peace.