Deuteronomy 21:12

Thou shalt bring her into thy house: and she shall shave her hair, and pare her nails,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

In Context

11And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife,

13And shall put off the raiment, wherein she was taken: and shall remain in thy house, and mourn for her father and mother one month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and shalt sleep with her, and she shall be thy wife.

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Cross References

Numbers 6:9But if any man die suddenly before him: the head of his consecration shall be defiled: and he shall shave it forthwith on the same day of his purification, and again on the seventh day.

Ephesians 4:22To put off, according to former conversation, the old man, who is corrupted according to the desire of error.

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 →

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