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Moses says what the army officers must say to the people of Israel before a battle.

The officers must speak

One of the officers' jobs was to decide who could leave the army. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

What man is there...Let him go and return to his house

AT: "If any soldier here has built a new house and has not dedicated it, he should go back to his house"

so that he does not die in battle and another man dedicates it

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)