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Deuteronomy 21:10-12
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Laws Concerning Female Captives

10 When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the Lord your God allows you to prevail[a] and you take prisoners, 11 if you should see among them[b] an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife, 12 you may bring her back to your house. She must shave her head,[c] trim her nails,

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  1. Deuteronomy 21:10 tn Heb “gives him into your hands.”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:11 tn Heb “the prisoners.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
  3. Deuteronomy 21:12 sn This requirement for the woman to shave her head may symbolize the putting away of the old life and customs in preparation for being numbered among the people of the Lord. The same is true for the two following requirements.
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