Deuteronomy 21:12

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you may bring her back to your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 14:9 : 9 When the seventh day comes he must shave all his hair– his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair– and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean.
  • Num 6:9 : 9 Contingencies for Defilement“‘If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he must shave his head on the day of his purification– on the seventh day he must shave it.
  • 1 Cor 11:6 : 6 For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head.
  • Eph 4:22 : 22 You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

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    13discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, and stay in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may sleep with her and become her husband and she your wife.

    14If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her.

  • Deut 21:10-11
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    10Laws Concerning Wives When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the LORD your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners,

    11if you should see among them an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife,

  • Deut 22:19-21
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    19They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

    20But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,

    21the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Deut 22:13-15
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    13Purity in the Marriage Relationship Suppose a man marries a woman, sleeps with her, and then rejects her,

    14accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”

    15Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.

  • Exod 21:7-11
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    7“If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.

    8If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully with her.

    9If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.

    10If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one’s food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

    11If he does not provide her with these three things, then she will go out free, without paying money.

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    12then you must cut off her hand– do not pity her.

  • Deut 24:1-2
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    1If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

    2When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife.

  • Lev 21:13
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  • Deut 28:30
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    30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

  • Hos 3:3
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    3Then I told her,“You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or become joined to another man, and I also will wait for you.”

  • Num 30:6-7
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    7and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand.

  • Deut 15:17
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    17you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. Then he will become your servant permanently(this applies to your female servant as well).

  • Deut 22:28-29
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    28Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and takes hold of her and sleeps with her and they are discovered.

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  • Deut 22:23-24
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    23If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and goes to bed with her,

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  • Num 30:10
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    10If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

  • Num 30:3
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  • Judg 11:37-38
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  • Deut 24:5
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  • Num 5:16
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  • Deut 20:7
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  • Lev 19:20
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  • 1 Cor 11:6
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    6For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head.

  • Exod 22:16-17
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    17If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins.

  • Prov 4:9
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    9She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you.”

  • Josh 23:12
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  • Num 30:16
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  • Num 5:13
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