Deuteronomy 20:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

Likewise, the officers shall proclaim, throughout every company, in the hearing of the soldiers: 'What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may dedicate it.

Cross References

Nehemiah 12:27

Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites from all their places, so that they might bring them to Jerusalem, and so that they might keep the dedication, and rejoice with thanksgiving, and with singing, and with cymbals, psalteries, and lyres.

Psalm 30:1

Unto the end. A Psalm of David according to an ecstasy.

Numbers 31:14

And Moses, being angry with the leaders of the army, and the tribunes, and the centurions, who had arrived from the battle,

Numbers 31:48

And when the leaders of the army, and the tribunes, and the centurions had approached Moses, they said:

Deuteronomy 1:15

And so, I took from your tribes men, wise and noble, and I appointed them as rulers, as tribunes and centurions, and as leaders over fifty and over ten, who would teach you each thing.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You shall appoint judges and magistrates at all your gates, which the Lord your God will give to you, throughout each of your tribes, so that they may judge the people with a just judgment,

Deuteronomy 20:6

What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not yet caused it to be common, so that all may eat from it? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may carry out his office.

1 Samuel 17:18

And you shall carry these ten little cheeses to the tribune. And visit your brothers, to see if they are doing well. And learn with whom they have been stationed."