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General Information:
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. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
What man is there ... Let him go and return to his house
"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
The officer is describing a situation that could possibly happen to a soldier. Alternate translation: "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)