Deuteronomy 21:10-14

Common English Bible

Foreign wives

¹⁰ When you wage war against your enemies and the Lord hands them over to you and you take prisoners, ¹¹ if you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you fall in love with her and take her as your wife, ¹² bringing her into your home, she must shave her head, cut her nails, ¹³ remove her prisoner’s clothing, and live in your house, mourning her father and her mother for one month. After that, you may consummate the marriage. You will be her husband, and she will be your wife. ¹⁴ But if you aren’t pleased with her, you must send her away as she wishes. You are not allowed to sell her for money or treat her as a slave because you have humiliated her.