Deuteronomy 21:10-14

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Captive Women as Wives

¹⁰ When you go to war against your enemies, the Lord will ·help you defeat them [^Lgive them into your hands] so you will take them captive. ¹¹ If you see a beautiful woman among the captives and ·are attracted to [desire; fall in love with] her, you may take her as your wife. ¹² Bring her into your home, where she must shave her head and cut her nails ¹³ and change the clothes she was wearing when you captured her. After she has lived in your house and cried for her ·parents [^Lfather and her mother] for a month, you may marry her. You will be her husband, and she will be your wife. ¹⁴ But if you are not pleased with her, you must let her go anywhere she wants. You must not sell her for money or make her a slave, because you have ·taken away her honor [humiliated; exploited her].