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.
16. Someday he'll leave his property to his sons. When he does, he must not give the rights of the oldest son to the son of the wife he loves. He must give those rights to his oldest son. He must do it even though his oldest son is the son of the wife he doesn't love.
17. He must recognize the full rights of the oldest son, even though that son is the son of the wife he doesn't love. He must give that son a double share of everything he has. That son is the first sign of his father's strength. So the rights of the oldest son belong to him.
18. Suppose someone has a very stubborn son. He doesn't obey his father and mother. And he won't listen to them when they try to correct him.
19. Then his parents will take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.
20. They will say to the elders, "This son of ours is very stubborn. He won't obey us. He wastes his money. He's always getting drunk."