Deuteronomy 21:11

and hast seen in the captivity a woman of fair form, and hast delighted in her, and hast taken to thee for a wife,

Young's Literal Translation

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

10'When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God hath given them into thy hand, and thou hast taken captive its captivity,

12then thou hast brought her in unto the midst of thy household, and she hath shaved her head, and prepared her nails,

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Cross References

Genesis 12:14And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she [is] exceeding fair;

Genesis 34:3and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.

Numbers 31:18and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.

Proverbs 6:25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

Proverbs 31:30The grace [is] false, and the beauty [is] vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

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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