World English Bible
Deuteronomy 21:12
“then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 21
When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,
and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife;
then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
and she shall put the clothing of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.
About Deuteronomy
Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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