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Deuteronomy 20:8 Cross-References

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And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted ? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart. faint: Heb. melt

Deuteronomy 20:8 (KJV)

Commentary on Deuteronomy 20:8

Fearful warriors dismissed: 'And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.' Fear is contagious—one fearful soldier demoralizes others. The Hebrew yare verak levav (יָרֵא וְרַךְ לֵבָב, 'fearful and soft-hearted') describes paralyzing dread. Such men must leave 'lest his brethren's heart faint'—fear spreads. Gideon's army illustrates this: 32,000 reduced to 10,000 after fearful dismissed (Judges 7:3). Quality matters more than...

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