Deuteronomy 20:9

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When the officers have finished speaking to the army, they shall appoint commanders over it.

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David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace.

Then the officers shall add, “Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his fellow soldiers will not become disheartened too.”