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Deuteronomy 21:13

Deuteronomy 21:13 is verse 13 of Deuteronomy chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

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King James Version

And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

World English Bible

She shall take off the clothing of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

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Deuteronomy 21:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 if you see a beautiful woman among them, and you desire her and want to take her as your wife,

12 then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,

13 and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

14 And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,

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Hebrew words

וְהֵסִ֩ירָה֩and she will removeאֶת<obj.>שִׂמְלַ֨ת[the] clothing ofשִׁבְיָ֜הּcaptivity herמֵעָלֶ֗יהָfrom on <the> herוְיָֽשְׁבָה֙and she will dwellבְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָin house yourוּבָֽכְתָ֛הand she will weep forאֶת<obj.>אָבִ֥יהָfather herוְאֶתand <obj.>אִמָּ֖הּmother herיֶ֣רַחa month ofיָמִ֑יםdaysוְאַ֨חַרand afterכֵּ֜ןthusתָּב֤וֹאyou will goאֵלֶ֙יהָ֙into herוּבְעַלְתָּ֔הּand you will be husband herוְהָיְתָ֥הand she will becomeלְךָ֖of youלְאִשָּֽׁה<into> a wife

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 45:10

Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

Psalms 45:11

and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

Luke 14:27

And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

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