“ Then the officers of the army must address the troops and say,‘ Has anyone here just built a new house but not yet dedicated it? If so, you may go home! You might be killed in the battle, and someone else would dedicate your house.

官长也要对百姓宣告说：‘谁建造房屋，尚未奉献，他可以回家去，恐怕他阵亡，别人去奉献。

官长也要向士兵宣告说：‘谁建了新的房屋尚未奉献，他可以回家去，免得他阵亡，别人去奉献。

官长也要向士兵宣告说：‘谁建了新的房屋尚未奉献，他可以回家去，免得他阵亡，别人去奉献。

官长要对士兵说，‘你们谁建了新房子还没有举行奉献礼？他可以回家去，以免他阵亡了，别人为他的房子举行奉献礼。

官长也要对人民宣告：‘谁建造了新房屋，还没有行过奉献礼的，他可以回家去，恐怕他死在战场上，别人去为他的房屋行奉献礼。

官長也要對百姓宣告說：『誰建造房屋，尚未奉獻，他可以回家去，恐怕他陣亡，別人去奉獻。

官長也要向士兵宣告說：『誰建了新的房屋尚未奉獻，他可以回家去，免得他陣亡，別人去奉獻。

官長也要向士兵宣告說：『誰建了新的房屋尚未奉獻，他可以回家去，免得他陣亡，別人去奉獻。

官長要對士兵說，『你們誰建了新房子還沒有舉行奉獻禮？他可以回家去，以免他陣亡了，別人為他的房子舉行奉獻禮。

官長也要對人民宣告：‘誰建造了新房屋，還沒有行過奉獻禮的，他可以回家去，恐怕他死在戰場上，別人去為他的房屋行奉獻禮。

官吏也要對人民講話說：「有甚麼人建造房屋、還沒有行奉獻禮的？他可以回家去，恐怕他死在戰場上，而別人去奉獻。

族長當告民曰、築室未賀者可歸、免亡於陳、而他人賀之、

諸族長必告民曰、有人建室、猶未告成、則必旋歸、恐沒於戰、而他人告成。

族長當告民曰、誰建室尚未落成、可去而歸家、死亡於戰而他人落成、

The officers shall say to the army:“ Has anyone built a new house and not yet begun to live in it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else may begin to live in it.

The officers will speak to the army. They will say,“ Has anyone built a new house and not started to live in it? Let him go home. If he doesn’t, he might die in battle. Then someone else will live in his house.

Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying,‘ Is there any man who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.

“ The officers are to address the army,‘ Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him leave and return home. Otherwise, he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.

The officers also shall speak to the people, saying,‘ Who is the man that has built a new house but has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would dedicate it.

“ Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying:‘ What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it.

And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

“ The officers are to address the army,‘ Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him leave and return home. Otherwise, he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.

And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man[ is there] that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

Moreover, the officers are to say to the troops,“ Who among you has built a new house and not dedicated it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else dedicate it.

The officers shall speak to the people, saying,“ What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

For the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem, the Levites throughout the land were asked to come to Jerusalem to assist in the ceremonies. They were to take part in the joyous occasion with their songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps, and lyres.

And give these ten cuts of cheese to their captain. See how your brothers are getting along, and bring back a report on how they are doing.”

“ Appoint judges and officials for yourselves from each of your tribes in all the towns the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.

Then all the generals and captains came to Moses

So I took the wise and respected men you had selected from your tribes and appointed them to serve as judges and officials over you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten.

But Moses was furious with all the generals and captains who had returned from the battle.

I will exalt you, Lord, for you rescued me. You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.