Deuteronomy 21:10

When thou goest out to war against thy enemies, and the Lord thy God doth deliver them into thy hand, and thou takest them captive;

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In The King James Version

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,

In Context

9So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right before the Lord.

11And thou seest among the captives a woman of fair countenance, and hast a desire for her, and wouldst take her unto thee to wife;

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Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 21:2-10

Undetected Murder. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 4 And the elders of… Read the whole commentary →

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