Deuteronomy 21:12

then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.

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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

11+ 21:11. Deut 21:11 (Deut 21:10-14) (#7.471): To deal with a beautiful woman who was taken captive in war as prescribed in the Torah ·Teaching· (Deut 21:11-21) and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have chasak ·set your affection· for her, and desire to take her as your wife;

13She shall take the clothing of her captivity off of herself, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

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Cross References

Numbers 6:9+ 6:9. Num 6:9 (Num 6:2, 6:9-12) (#1.26): T. The Nazarite is to separate himself and shave his head at the completion of his Nazerite Vow and offer his hair on the altar of burnt offering with the sacrifices / R. The Nazarite must shave after bringing sacrifices upon completion of his Nazarite period “‘If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it.

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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