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Deuteronomy 21:13

11 if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,

12 then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,

and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

14 And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
KJV
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
WEB
She shall take off the clothing of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
ASV
and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
DARBY
and she shall put the clothes of her captivity from off her, and shall abide in thy house, and bewail her father and mother a full month, and afterwards thou mayest go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
BLB
and she shall remove the clothes of her captivity from her and remain in your house and mourn her father and her mother a full month. And after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be to you wife.
ÅB
og hun skal legge av de klær som hun hadde på da hun ble tatt til fange, og så skal hun bli i ditt hus og sørge over sin far og mor en måneds tid; siden kan du gå inn til henne og ekte henne, så hun blir din hustru.
OTB
Hun skal også legge bort klærne hun hadde på seg da hun ble fanget og bli i ditt hus, sørgende over sin far og mor i en hel måned. Deretter kan du gå inn til henne og være hennes ektemann, og hun skal være din kone.
B1930
og hun skal legge av de klær som hun hadde på da hun blev tatt til fange, og så skal hun bli i ditt hus og sørge over sin far og mor en måneds tid; siden kan du gå inn til henne og ekte henne, så hun blir din hustru.

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Cross references

  • Luke 14:26–27

    “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

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  • Psalms 45:10–11

    Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

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