Deuteronomy 21:10

When thou shalt go forth to war against thine enemies,—and Yahweh thy God shall deliver them into thy hand and thou shalt take them captive;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

9Thou, therefore shalt consume the guilt of shedding innocent blood out of thy midst,—when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

11and shalt see among the captives a woman of beautiful figure,—and shalt have a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife,

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Cross References

Joshua 21:44And Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he had sworn unto their fathers,—and there stood not a man before them, of all their enemies; all their enemies, did Yahweh deliver into their hand.

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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