Deuteronomy 21:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut;

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 14:9 : 9 And on the seventh day he is to have all the hair cut off his head and his chin and over his eyes--all his hair is to be cut off--and he will have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and he will be clean.
  • Num 6:9 : 9 If death comes suddenly to a man at his side, so that he becomes unclean, let his hair be cut off on the day when he is made clean, on the seventh day.
  • 1 Cor 11:6 : 6 For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 21:13-14
    2 verses
    86%

    13And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.

    14But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.

  • Deut 21:10-11
    2 verses
    83%

    10When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;

    11If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;

  • Deut 22:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19They will take from him a hundred shekels of silver, which are to be given to the father of the girl, because he has given an evil name to a virgin of Israel: she will go on being his wife, he may never put her away all his life.

    20But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,

    21Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • Deut 22:13-15
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    71%

    13If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,

    14And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

    15Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:

  • Exod 21:7-11
    5 verses
    71%

    7And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.

    8If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

    9And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

    10And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

    11And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

  • Deut 25:12
    70%

    12Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.

  • Deut 24:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

    2And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

  • Lev 21:13
    70%

    13And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.

  • Deut 28:30
    69%

    30You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

  • Hos 3:3
    69%

    3And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you.

  • Num 30:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.

    7And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;

  • Deut 15:17
    69%

    17Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.

  • Deut 22:28-29
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    69%

    28If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;

    29Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.

  • Deut 22:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

    24Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • Num 30:10
    68%

    10But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.

  • Num 30:3
    68%

    3When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.

  • Judg 11:37-38
    2 verses
    68%

    37Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.

    38And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.

  • Deut 24:5
    68%

    5A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

  • Num 5:16
    68%

    16And the priest will make her come near and put her before the Lord;

  • Deut 20:7
    68%

    7Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.

  • Lev 19:20
    67%

    20If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.

  • 1 Cor 11:6
    67%

    6For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    67%

    16If a man takes a virgin, who has not given her word to another man, and has connection with her, he will have to give a bride-price for her to be his wife.

    17If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.

  • Prov 4:9
    67%

    9She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

  • Josh 23:12
    66%

    12For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:

  • Esth 2:13
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    13And in this way the girl went in to the king; whatever she had a desire for was given to her to take with her from the women's house into the house of the king.

  • Lev 12:4
    66%

    4And she will be unclean for thirty-three days till the flow of her blood is stopped; no holy thing may be touched by her, and she may not come into the holy place, till the days for making her clean are ended.

  • Num 30:16
    66%

    16But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.

  • Num 5:13
    66%

    13By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

  • Lev 18:19
    66%

    19And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.

  • Ps 45:11
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    11So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.

  • Num 30:13
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    13But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

  • Deut 28:56
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    56The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;