"And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;" — Deuteronomy 21:11

Deuteronomy 21:11 · KJV

“And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;”

— Deuteronomy 21:11

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

Verse 12

Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; {pare: or, suffer to grow: Heb. make, or, dress}

Deuteronomy 21 — Context

So shalt thou put away the {guilt of} innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do {that which is} right in the sight of the LORD.

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; {pare: or, suffer to grow: Heb. make, or, dress}

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.

Cross References

Proverbs 31:30

Favour {is} deceitful, and beauty {is} vain: {but} a woman {that} feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Proverbs 31:10

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price {is} far above rubies.

Genesis 6:2

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they {were} fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Proverbs 6:25

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Numbers 31:18

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Genesis 12:14-15

And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she {was} very fair.

Judges 14:2-3

And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.

Genesis 34:3

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. {kindly...: Heb. to the heart of the damsel}