New English Translation
Deuteronomy 21:13
13discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, and stay in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may have sexual relations with her and become her husband and she your wife.
Deuteronomy 21:13 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And she shall take off the clothes in which she was captured and shall remain in your house and lament her father and her mother a full month. After that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
- New King James Version (NKJV)She shall put off the clothes of her captivity, remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month; after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
Context of Deuteronomy 21:13
11if you should see among them an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife, 12you may bring her back to your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails, discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, and stay in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may have sexual relations with her and become her husband and she your wife. 14If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her. 15Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.
Read all of Deuteronomy 21Deuteronomy 21:13 word by word
וְהֵסִ֩ירָה֩ אֶת־שִׂמְלַ֨ת שִׁבְיָ֜הּ מֵעָלֶ֗יהָ וְיָֽשְׁבָה֙ בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ וּבָֽכְתָ֛ה אֶת־אָבִ֥יהָ וְאֶת־אִמָּ֖הּ יֶ֣רַח יָמִ֑ים וְאַ֨חַר כֵּ֜ן תָּב֤וֹא אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ וּבְעַלְתָּ֔הּ וְהָיְתָ֥ה לְךָ֖ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And she shall putסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
- the raimentשִׂמְלָהώimlâh · mantleH8071
- of her captivityשְׁבִיshebîy · captivityH7628
- from off her, and shall remainיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- in thine houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- and bewailבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058
- her fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- and her motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
- a fullיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- monthיֶ֫רַחyerach · monthH3391
- and afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- that thou shalt goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- in unto her, and be her husbandבָּעַלbâ‛al · MarriedH1166
- and she shall be thy wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 21:13
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 21:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Bewail her father and her mother a full month - This is prescribed from motives of humanity, that the woman might have time and leisure to detach her affections from their natural ties, and prepare her mind for new ones.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-14Verses 10-14 By this law a soldier was allowed to marry his captive, if he pleased. This might take place upon some occasions; but the law does not show any approval of it. It also intimates how binding the laws of justice and honour are in marriage; which is a sacred engagement.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Changing the clothes she was wearing showed that she was beginning a new life. It also showed that she was now identifying with a new family. This change of clothing marked her transition from her former life to her new place in the community.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2310-14. When thou goest to war ... and seest among the captives a beautiful woman ... that thou wouldest have her to thy wife--According to the war customs of all ancient nations, a female captive became the slave of the victor, who had the sole and unchallengeable control of right to her person. Moses improved this existing usage by special regulations on the subject. He enacted that, in the event that her master was captivated by her beauty and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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