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Deuteronomy 21:13-15
International Standard Version
Deuteronomy 21:13-15
International Standard Version
13 Remove her prisoner’s clothing and let her remain for a month in your house, mourning her parents. After that, you may[a] become her husband and she is to become your wife. 14 If you aren’t pleased with her and you send her away, you must not sell her for money or mistreat her, since you will have dishonored her.”
Preferential Treatment Prohibited
15 “If a man has two wives where one is loved but the other is unloved, and both[b] of them bear him sons, but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife,
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- Deuteronomy 21:13 Lit. may go in to her,
- Deuteronomy 21:15 Lit. the one who is loved and who is not loved
Deuteronomy 21:13-15
New International Version
Deuteronomy 21:13-15
New International Version
13 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,(A) then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife. 14 If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.(B)
The Right of the Firstborn
15 If a man has two wives,(C) and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,(D)
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