Deuteronomy 21:11

if you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire for her and wish to take her for yourself as a wife,

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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 do battle against your enemies and Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, and you take them away as captives,

12then you will bring her home to your house; she will shave her head and cut her nails.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:14It came about that when Abram entered into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.

Genesis 34:3He was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

Numbers 31:18But take for yourselves all the young girls who have never slept with a man.

Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty 1 and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes. 1

Proverbs 31:30Elegance is deceptive, beauty is vain, 1 but a woman who fears Yahweh, she will be praised. 1

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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