Deuteronomy 21:10

When thou go forth to battle against thine enemies, and LORD thy God delivers them into thy hands, and thou carry them away captive,

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In The King James Version

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

In Context

9So shall thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee when thou shall do that which is right in the eyes of LORD.

11and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou have a desire for her, and would take her to thee to wife,

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Cross References

Joshua 21:44And LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers. And there stood not a man of all their enemies before them. LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:2-10

Undetected Murder. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 4 And the elders of… Read the whole commentary →

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