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And who is the man that has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed it? Let him go and let him return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man[a] enjoys it. And who is the man who got engaged to a woman and has not married her? Let him go and let him return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man[b] marries her.’ And the officials shall continue to speak to the troops, and they shall say, ‘What man[c] is afraid and disheartened?[d] Let him go, and let him return to his house, and let him not cause the heart of his brothers to melt[e] like his.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 20:6 Literally “a man other”
  2. Deuteronomy 20:7 Literally “a man other”
  3. Deuteronomy 20:8 Literally “Who is the man”
  4. Deuteronomy 20:8 Literally “and soft/weak of the heart”
  5. Deuteronomy 20:8 The verb has a causal meaning here

Has anyone planted(A) a vineyard and not begun to enjoy it?(B) Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else enjoy it. 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.(C) Then the officers shall add, “Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his fellow soldiers will not become disheartened too.”(D)

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