Deuteronomy 21:11
If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
12Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut;
Cross References
Genesis 12:14And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.
Genesis 34:3Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.
Numbers 31:18But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.
Proverbs 6:25Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
Proverbs 31:30Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:11-15
The Case of Captive Women. ( b. c. 1451.) 10 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, 11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail… Read the whole commentary →