Deuteronomy 21:11
if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
Cross References
Genesis 12:14So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
Numbers 31:18but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears 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 →