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Deuteronomy 20:9
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people (note: Heb. to be in the head of the people).
When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.