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# General Information:
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Moses says what the army officers must say to the people of Israel before a battle.
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# The officers must speak
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One of the officers' jobs was to decide who could leave the army. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# What man is there ... Let him go and return to his house
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"If any soldier here has built a new house and has not dedicated it, he should go back to his house"
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# so that he does not die in battle and another man dedicates it
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The officer is describing a situation that could possibly happen to a soldier. AT: "so that, if he dies in battle, another man will not dedicate his house instead of him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])