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Deuteronomy 21:10-17

10Whenthou goestforthH3318tobattleH4421againstthineenemiesאֹיְבֶ֑יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaH341,andJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430delivereththemintothyhandsבְּיָדֶ֖ךָbe.ya.De.khaH3027,andthou carriestthemawaycaptiveוְשָׁבִ֥יתָve.sha.Vi.taH7617,

11andseestamongthecaptivesH7633abeautifulיְפַת־ye.fat-H3303womanאֵ֖שֶׁת'E.shetH802,andthou hastadesire untoher,andwouldesttakeוְלָקַחְתָּ֥ve.la.kach.TaH3947hertotheetowifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802;

12thenthou shaltbringוַהֲבֵאתָ֖הּva.ha.ve.TahH935herhometothyhouseבֵּיתֶ֑ךָbei.Te.khaH1004;andsheshallshaveוְגִלְּחָה֙ve.gi.le.ChahH1548herheadרֹאשָׁ֔הּro.ShahH7218,andparehernails;

13andsheshallputtheraimentofhercaptivityH7633fromoffher,andshallremainH3427inthyhouseבְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָbe.vei.Te.khaH1004,andbewailherfatherאָבִ֥יהָ'a.Vi.haH1andhermotherאִמָּ֖הּ'i.MahH517afullmonthיֶ֣רַחYe.rachH3391:andafterthatthou shaltgoתָּב֤וֹאta.Vo'H935inuntoher,andbeH1961herhusbandוּבְעַלְתָּ֔הּu.ve.'al.TahH1167,andsheshallbeH1961thywifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

14Anditshallbeוְהָיָ֞הve.ha.YahH1961,ifthouhavenodelightחָפַ֣צְתָּcha.Fatz.taH2654inher,thenthou shaltlethergoוְשִׁלַּחְתָּהּ֙ve.shi.lach.TahH7971whithershewill;butthou shaltnotsellH4376heratallformoneyבַּכָּ֑סֶףba.Ka.sefH3701, thou shaltnotdealwithherasaslave,becausethou hast humbledher.

15Ifamanלְאִ֜ישׁle.'IshH376havetwoשְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeiH8147wivesH802,theoneH259beloved,andtheotherhatedשְׂנוּאָ֔הse.nu.'AhH8130,andtheyhaveborneוְיָֽלְדוּ־ve.yal.du-H3205himchildren,boththebelovedandthehatedוְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑הve.ha.se.nu.'AhH8130;andifthefirst-bornsonH1121beH1961hersthatwasH1961hatedH8130;

16thenitshallbeH1961,inthedayבְּיוֹם֙be.yOmH3117thathecausethhissonsבָּנָ֔יוba.NavH1121toinheritהַנְחִיל֣וֹhan.chi.LoH5157thatwhichhehath,thathemaynotmakethesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofthebelovedthefirst-bornbeforethesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofthehatedהַשְּׂנוּאָ֖הha.se.nu.'AhH8130,whoisthefirst-born:

17butheshallacknowledgeיַכִּ֗ירya.KirH5234thefirst-born,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofthehatedהַשְּׂנוּאָ֜הha.se.nu.'AhH8130,bygivingH5414himadoubleportionofallthathehath;forheisthebeginningofhisstrengthH202;therightH4941ofthefirst-bornishis.

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