7. They'll say to the Lord, "We didn't kill that person. We didn't see it happen.
8. Accept this payment for the sin of your people Israel. Lord, you have set your people free. Don't hold them guilty for spilling the blood of someone who hasn't done anything wrong." That will pay for the death of that person.
9. So you will get rid of the guilt of killing someone who didn't do anything wrong. That's because you have done what is right in the Lord's eyes.
10. Suppose you go to war against your enemies. And the Lord your God hands them over to you and you take them as prisoners.
11. Then you notice a beautiful woman among them. If you like her, you can get married to her.
12. Bring her home. Have her shave her head. Have her cut her nails.
13. Have her throw away the clothes she was wearing when she was captured. Let her live in your house and sob over her parents for a full month. Then you can go to her and be her husband. And she will be your wife.
14. But suppose you aren't pleased with her. Then let her go where she wants to. You must not sell her. You must not treat her as a slave. You have already brought shame on her.
15. Suppose a man has two wives. He loves one but not the other. And both of them have sons by him. But the oldest son is the son of the wife the man doesn't love.