Moreover, the officers are to say to the troops,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Who among you<n id="2" /> has built a new house and not dedicated<n id="3" /> it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else<n id="4" /> dedicate it.

In addition, the officers are to say to the troops, &#8220;Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier&#8217;s<n id="1" /> heart as fearful<n id="2" /> as his own.&#8221;

<p class="poetry">Wail, you people in Heshbon, because Ai in Ammon is destroyed.p> <p class="poetry">Cry out in anguish, you people in the villages surrounding<n id="1" /> Rabbah.p> <p class="poetry">Put on sackcloth and cry out in mourning.p> <p class="poetry">Run about covered with gashes.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For your god Milcom will go into exilep> <p class="poetry">along with his priests and officials.<n id="3" />p>