8 The officers will speak further to the troops and say, ‘What man is afraid and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house—so he does not weaken his brothers’ heart like his own.’
9 Then when the officers have finished speaking to the troops, they should appoint army commanders at the head of the troops.
10 “When you go near a city to fight against it, call out shalom to it.
11 Now if it answers you shalom and opens up to you, then all the people found in it will serve you as forced laborers.
12 If it does not make peace with you but makes war against you, then lay siege against that city.
13 When Adonai your God hands it over to you, you are to strike all its males with the sword.
14 Only the women, children, livestock and all that is in the city—all its spoil—may you take as plunder for yourself. So you may consume your enemies’ spoil, which Adonai your God has given you.