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Deuteronomy 21:12
Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut;
Deuteronomy 21:12 · Bible in Basic English
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Deuteronomy 21:12 in other translations
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.
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In context
9 So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
10 When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;
11 If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;
12 Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut;
13 And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.
14 But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.
15 If a man has two wives, one greatly loved and the other hated, and the two of them have had children by him; and if the first son is the child of the hated wife:
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