Deuteronomy 21:11

and have seen a woman of beautiful form in the captivity, and have delighted in her, and have taken [her] to yourself for a wife,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

In Context

10When you go out to battle against your enemies, and your God YHWH has given them into your hand, and you have taken captive its captivity,

12then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,

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Cross References

Genesis 12:14And it comes to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she [is] exceedingly beautiful;

Genesis 34:3and his soul cleaves to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loves the young person, and speaks to the heart of the young person.

Numbers 31:18and all the infants among the women who have not known the lying of a male you have kept alive for yourselves.

Proverbs 6:25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, || And do not let her take you with her eyelids.

Proverbs 31:30Favor [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain, || A woman fearing YHWH, she may boast herself.

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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