Deuteronomy 21:13-15
New American Standard Bible
13 She shall also [a]remove the clothes of her captivity and shall remain in your house, and (A)weep for her father and mother a full month; and after that you may have relations with her and become her husband and she shall be your wife. 14 But it shall be, if you are not pleased with her, then you shall let her go [b]wherever she wishes; and you certainly shall not sell her for money, you shall not treat her as merchandise, since you have [c](B)humiliated her.
15 “If a man has two wives, the one loved and (C)the other [d]unloved, and both the loved and the [e]unloved have borne him sons, and the firstborn son belongs to the [f]unloved,
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- Deuteronomy 21:13 Lit remove from her
- Deuteronomy 21:14 Lit according to her soul
- Deuteronomy 21:14 I.e., by a forced marriage
- Deuteronomy 21:15 Or scorned; lit hated
- Deuteronomy 21:15 Or scorned; lit hated
- Deuteronomy 21:15 Or scorned; lit hated
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