Deuteronomy 21:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy 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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and turned aside the raiment of her captivity from off her, and hath dwelt in thy house, and bewailed her father and her mother a month of days, and afterwards thou dost go in unto her and hast married her, and she hath been to thee for a wife:”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 21:13 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
- 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.
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