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An anxious adult quietly gathers a tied travel bundle at the edge of a camp.
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Deuteronomy 20:8

Let the Fearful Return

Hear the Battle Laws and Spare the Food Trees · Deuteronomy 20

Story guide: A man gathering his bundle accompanies the exemption allowing the fearful and fainthearted to return home.

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8Then the officers shall continue to speak to the people and say, ‘Who is the man who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest he melt the heart of his brothers like his own heart.’

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