Deuteronomy 21:11

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9 So ^ayou shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

Female Captives

10 “When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God delivers them into your hand, and you take them captive,

11 and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and desire her and would take her for your ^awife,

12 then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall ^ashave her head and trim her nails.

13 She shall put off the clothes of her captivity, remain in your house, and ^amourn 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.

14 And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall set her free, but you certainly shall not sell her for money; you shall not treat her brutally, because you have ^ahumbled her.

Firstborn Inheritance Rights

15 “If a man has two wives, one loved ^aand the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved,

16 then it shall be, ^aon the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in preference to the son of the unloved, the true firstborn.

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Definitions of words in Deuteronomy 21:11:

Desire {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

See {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Take {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Woman {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Woman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Other definition entries containing Deuteronomy 21:11:

Concubine {Easton's}
Deuteronomy {I.S.B.E.}
Law In The Old Testament {I.S.B.E.}
Relationships, Family {I.S.B.E.}

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