Deuteronomy 21:11
Good News Translation
you may see among them a beautiful woman that you like and want to marry.

New Revised Standard Version
suppose you see among the captives a beautiful woman whom you desire and want to marry,

New American Bible
if you see a beautiful woman among the captives and become so enamored of her that you wish to have her as a wife,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife,

desire

Genesis 6:2 The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose.

Genesis 12:14,15 And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful. . . .

Genesis 29:18-20 And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter. . . .

Genesis 34:3,8 And his soul was fast knit unto her; and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words. . . .

Judges 14:2,3 He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying: I saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines: I beseech you, take her for me to wife. . . .

Proverbs 6:25 For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.

Proverbs 31:10,30 Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her. . . .

that

Numbers 31:18 But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:

Context
Marrying a Captive Woman
10If thou go out to fight against thy enemies, and the Lord thy God deliver them into thy hand, and thou lead them away captives, 11And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife,12Thou shalt bring her into thy house: and she shall shave her hair, and pare her nails,…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:10
If thou go out to fight against thy enemies, and the Lord thy God deliver them into thy hand, and thou lead them away captives,

Deuteronomy 21:12
Thou shalt bring her into thy house: and she shall shave her hair, and pare her nails,

Deuteronomy 21:10
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