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Deuteronomy 21:9-15 Tree Of Life Version (TLV)

9. So you will purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in Adonai’s sight.

10. “When you go out to war against your enemies, and Adonai your God hands them over to you and you take them captive,

11. suppose you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire her and would take her as a wife for yourself.

12. Then you are to bring her into your house, and she must shave her head, trim her nails,

13. and remove her captive’s clothing, then sit in your house and weep for her father and mother a full month. After that, you may go to her and become her husband and she will be your wife.

14. Now if you are not pleased with her, then you may send her off wherever she wishes. But you must certainly not sell her for silver—you may not treat her as merchandise, since you have humiliated her.

15. “Suppose a man has two wives—the one loved and the other unloved—and both the loved and the unloved bear him sons. But it happens that the firstborn son belongs to the unloved wife.

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