Deuteronomy 21:14

And it shall be, if thou hast no pleasure in her, then shalt thou let her go whither she will but thou shalt not sell, her for silver,—thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

In Context

13and put away the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother for the space of a month,—and after that, mayest thou go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

15When a man shall have two wives—the one beloved and, the other hated, and they have borne him sons, both she that is beloved, and she that is hated,—and it shall be that the firstborn son belongeth to her that is hated,

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Cross References

Exodus 21:7And when a man shall sell his daughter to be a handmaid, she shall not go out according to the out-going of the men-servants,

Deuteronomy 22:19and fine him a hundred [shekels] of silver and give unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought an evil name upon a virgin of Israel, and she shall remain his wife, he may not put her away, all his days.

Deuteronomy 22:29then shall the man who lay with her give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver,—and she shall be, his, wife, because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away, all his days.

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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