Deuteronomy 21:12
“Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and shee shall shaue her head, and pare her nailes.”
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Deuteronomy 21:12 Context
10¶ When thou goest forth to warre against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath deliuered them into thine hands, & thou hast taken them captiue, 11And seest among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, that thou wouldest haue her to thy wife: 12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and shee shall shaue her head, and pare her nailes. 13And shee shall put the raiment of her captiuitie from off her, and shall remaine in thine house, and bewaile her father and her mother a full moneth: and after that, thou shalt go in vnto her and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. 14And it shall be if thou haue no delight in her, then thou shalt let her goe whither she will, but thou shalt not sell her at al for money, thou shalt not make merchandize of her, because thou hast humbled her.
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Other Translations for Deuteronomy 21:12
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
- King James Version
then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut;
- Basic English Bible
then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
- Darby Bible
Then thou shalt bring her home to thy house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails:
- Webster's Bible
then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
- World English Bible
then thou hast brought her in unto the midst of thy household, and she hath shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
- Youngs Literal Bible
then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Deuteronomy 21:12
21:12 She shall shave her head - In token of her renouncing her heathenish idolatry and superstition, and of her becoming a new woman, and embracing the true religion.