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The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 8. Fear. Such often occasion the loss of battles. Alexander sent away all who had not courage to follow him in his expeditions. Curt. x. The Rabbins condemn these faint-hearted soldiers to carry water, and so forth for the army, to prepare the roads and places for encampments. Calmet.—But this seems contrary to the intention of the lawgiver, who sends them back to their houses.
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