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Deuteronomy 21:11

וְרָאִיתָ בַּשִּׁבְיָה אֵשֶׁת יְפַת ־ תֹּאַר וְחָשַׁקְתָּ בָהּ וְלָקַחְתָּ לְךָ לְאִשָּֽׁה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

10כִּֽי ־ תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל ־ אֹיְבֶיךָ וּנְתָנוֹ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וְשָׁבִיתָ שִׁבְיֽוֹ ׃

12וַהֲבֵאתָהּ אֶל ־ תּוֹךְ בֵּיתֶךָ וְגִלְּחָה אֶת ־ רֹאשָׁהּ וְעָשְׂתָה אֶת ־ צִפָּרְנֶֽיהָ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 12:14וַיְהִי כְּבוֹא אַבְרָם מִצְרָיְמָה וַיִּרְאוּ הַמִּצְרִים אֶת ־ הָאִשָּׁה כִּֽי ־ יָפָה הִוא מְאֹֽד ׃

Genesis 34:3וַתִּדְבַּק נַפְשׁוֹ בְּדִינָה בַּֽת ־ יַעֲקֹב וַיֶּֽאֱהַב אֶת ־ הַֽנַּעֲרָ וַיְדַבֵּר עַל ־ לֵב הַֽנַּעֲרָֽ ׃

Numbers 31:18וְכֹל הַטַּף בַּנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יָדְעוּ מִשְׁכַּב זָכָר הַחֲיוּ לָכֶֽם ׃

Proverbs 6:25אַל ־ תַּחְמֹד יָפְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶךָ וְאַל ־ תִּקָּֽחֲךָ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ ׃

Proverbs 31:30שֶׁקֶר הַחֵן וְהֶבֶל הַיֹּפִי אִשָּׁה יִרְאַת ־ יְהוָה הִיא תִתְהַלָּֽל ׃

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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