7. 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.”
8. Then the officers shall add, “Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his fellow soldiers will not become disheartened too.”
9. When the officers have finished speaking to the army, they shall appoint commanders over it.
10. When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace.
11. If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you.
12. If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city.
13. When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it.