The officers will continue,“ Is anyone afraid or scared? Let him go home. Then the other soldiers won’t lose hope too.”

官长又要对百姓宣告说：‘谁惧怕胆怯，他可以回家去，恐怕他弟兄的心消化，和他一样。’

官长要继续对士兵说：‘谁惧怕，心惊胆战，可以回家去，免得他弟兄的心像他的心一样消沉。’

官长要继续对士兵说：‘谁惧怕，心惊胆战，可以回家去，免得他弟兄的心像他的心一样消沉。’

官长也要告诉士兵，‘有没有胆怯、害怕的？他可以回家去，免得影响他人士气。’

官长又要对人民宣告：‘谁是惧怕、胆怯的，他可以回家去，恐怕他使他兄弟的心融化，像他的心一样。’

官長又要對百姓宣告說：『誰懼怕膽怯，他可以回家去，恐怕他弟兄的心消化，和他一樣。』

官長要繼續對士兵說：『誰懼怕，心驚膽戰，可以回家去，免得他弟兄的心像他的心一樣消沉。』

官長要繼續對士兵說：『誰懼怕，心驚膽戰，可以回家去，免得他弟兄的心像他的心一樣消沉。』

官長也要告訴士兵，『有沒有膽怯、害怕的？他可以回家去，免得影響他人士氣。』

官長又要對人民宣告：‘誰是懼怕、膽怯的，他可以回家去，恐怕他使他兄弟的心融化，像他的心一樣。’

官吏要對人民講話說：「有甚麼人懼怕膽怯的？他可以回家去，免得他使他的族弟兄喪膽、像他那樣喪膽。」

族長又當告民曰、畏葸心怯者可歸、免使同儕亦喪膽、

族長亦必告民曰、有人畏葸怯心、則必旋歸、恐其同儕喪膽、與彼無異。

族長亦當告民曰、誰畏葸膽怯、可去而歸家、恐使其同儕亦膽怯與彼無異、

Then the officers shall add,“ Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go home so that his fellow soldiers will not become disheartened too.”

And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say,‘ Is there any man who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, lest he make the heart of his fellows melt like his own.’

“ Then the officers will also say,‘ Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.’

The officers will continue to address the army and say,‘ Is there any man who is afraid or cowardly? Let him leave and return home, so that his brothers won’t lose heart as he did.’

Then the officers shall speak further to the people and say,‘ Who is the man that is afraid and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not make his brothers’ hearts melt like his heart!’

“ The officers shall speak further to the people, and say,‘ What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest the heart of his brethren faint like his heart.’

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint- hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart melt as his heart.

The officers will continue to address the army and say,‘ Is there any man who is afraid or cowardly? Let him leave and return home, so that his brothers’ hearts won’t melt like his own.’

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man[ is there that is] fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.

In addition, the officers are to say to the troops,“ Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier’s heart as fearful as his own.”

The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say,“ What man is there who is fearful and faint- hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”

Where can we go? The men who checked out the land have made us afraid. They say,‘ The people are stronger and taller than we are. The cities are large. They have walls that reach up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’ ”

So here is what I want you to announce to the army. Tell them,‘ Those who tremble with fear can turn back. They can leave Mount Gilead.’ ” So 22,000 men left. But 10,000 remained.

Barnabas wanted to take John Mark with them.But Paul didn’t think it was wise to take him. Mark had deserted them in Pamphylia. He hadn’t continued with them in their work.

But others will be thrown into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. Those who are afraid and those who do not believe will be there. Murderers and those who make themselves impure will join them. Those who commit sexual sins and those who practice witchcraft will go there. Those who worship statues of gods and all who tell lies will be there too. The lake of fire is the second death.”

The chiefs of Edom will be terrified. The leaders of Moab will tremble with fear. The people of Canaan will melt away.

There will be times when you are at war with your enemies. And your soldiers will be in camp. Then keep away from anything that isn’t pure and“ clean.”

But the men who had gone up with him spoke. They said,“ We can’t attack those people. They are stronger than we are.”The men spread a bad report about the land among the Israelites. They said,“ The land we checked out destroys those who live in it. All the people we saw there are very big and tall.We saw the Nephilim there. We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes. And that’s also how we seemed to them.” The family line of Anak came from the Nephilim.That night all the members of the community raised their voices. They wept out loud.The Israelites spoke against Moses and Aaron. The whole community said to them,“ We wish we had died in Egypt or even in this desert.Why is the Lord bringing us to this land? We’re going to be killed by swords. Our enemies will capture our wives and children. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

Jesus replied,“ Suppose someone starts to plow and then looks back. That person is not fit for service in God’s kingdom.”

They went up to the Valley of Eshkol and looked at the land. Then they talked the Israelites out of entering the land the Lord had given them.

But you are lukewarm. You aren’t hot or cold. So I am going to spit you out of my mouth.

Don’t let anyone fool you.“ Bad companions make a good person bad.”