Deuteronomy 21:11
you may see that one of them is a beautiful woman who you like and want to marry.
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12Take her home and have her shave her head, cut her nails,
Cross References
Genesis 12:14When Abram arrived in Egypt, the people there saw how beautiful Sarai was.
Genesis 34:3However, then he fell deeply in love with Dinah and tried to get her to love him too.
Numbers 31:18Let all the girls who are virgins live. They are yours.
Proverbs 6:25Don't let your mind lust after her beauty, or let her hypnotize you with her fluttering eyelashes.
Proverbs 31:30Charm can deceive, and beauty fades, but a woman who honors the Lord should 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 →