Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 191
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(דברים כ ב) וְהָיָה כְּקָרָבְכֶם אֶל הַמִּלְחָמָה, יָכוֹל זֶה יוֹם הַקְרִיבָם בּוֹ לַמִּלְחָמָה? כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר (דברים כ ג) ״וְאָמַר אֲלֵיהֶם שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתֶּם קְרֵבִים הַיּוֹם לַמִּלְחָמָה״ הֲרֵי יוֹם הַקְרִיבָם בּוֹ לַמִּלְחָמָה אָמוּר! וּמַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְהָיָה כְּקָרָבְכֶם אֶל הַמִּלְחָמָה? כֵּיוָן שֶׁמַּגִּיעִים לַסְּפָר – כֹּהֵן מַתְנֶה עִמָּהֶם כָּל הַתְּנָאִים הָאֵלּוּ וְאוֹמֵר אֲלֵיהֶם ״שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל״.
(Devarim 20:2) "And it shall be, when you draw near to the battle": I might think that this refers to the day of the joining of the battle; but (Ibid. 3) "And he shall say to them: Hear, O Israel, you are drawing near today to do battle with your foes" already refers to the day of the battle. How, then, am I to understand "And it shall be, when you draw near to the battle"? When they approach the boundary, the Cohein presents to them all of the conditions that follow.