Deuteronomy 21:11
And see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire unto her, that you would have her to your wife;
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12Then you shall bring her home to yours house, and she shall shave her head, and trim her nails;
Cross References
Genesis 12:14And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Genesis 34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly unto the damsel.
Numbers 31:18But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Proverbs 6:25Lust not after her beauty in yours heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.
Proverbs 31:30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
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 →