“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.”
Then the officials shall address the troops, saying: Has anyone built a new house but not dedicated it? He should go back to his house, or he might die in the battle and another dedicate it — the first exemption (the undedicated house) recognizes that building involves spiritual dedication (chanukat) and that an incomplete house-dedication constitutes unfinished covenant obligation that should not be abandoned for military service.
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