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Deuteronomy 21:11

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

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  1. Deuteronomy 21:9

    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.

  2. Deuteronomy 21:10

    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,

  3. Deuteronomy 21:12

    Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

  4. Deuteronomy 21:13

    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.

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