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Marrying a Captive Woman

Deuteronomy 21:12

In 11 translations

BSB
then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
KJV
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;pare: or, suffer to grow: Heb. make, or, dress
WEB
then you shall bring her home to your house. She shall shave her head and trim her nails.
ASV
then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
LSV
then you have brought her into the midst of your household, and she has shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
YLT
then thou hast brought her in unto the midst of thy household, and she hath shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
DBY
then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
DRC
Thou shalt bring her into thy house: and she shall shave her hair, and pare her nails,
GNV
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shaue her head, and pare her nayles,
JPS
then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
LXXE
and shouldest bring her within thine house: then shalt thou shave her head, and pare her nails;

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַהֲבֵאתָ֖הּ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וְגִלְּחָה֙ אֶת־רֹאשָׁ֔הּ וְעָשְׂתָ֖ה אֶת־צִפָּרְנֶֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br
καὶ εἰσάξῃς αὐτὴν ἔνδον εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν σου, καὶ ξυρήσεις τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῆς, καὶ περιονυχιεῖς αὐτὴν,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 11:6If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.
  • Numbers 6:9If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.
  • Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
  • Leviticus 14:9On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.

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