Catholic Public Domain Version
"you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and you love her, and you are willing to have her as a wife: "
— Deuteronomy 21:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;”
“and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife; ”
“and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife;”
“if you should see among them an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife,”
“And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife,”
“If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;”
“And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;”
Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, and do not charge them with innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.’ And so the guilt of the blood will be taken away from them.
Then you will be free from the blood that was shed against the innocent, when you will have done as the Lord has instructed you.
If you have gone out to fight against your enemies, and the Lord your God has delivered them into your hand, and if, as you are leading away the captives,
you see among the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and you love her, and you are willing to have her as a wife:
then you shall lead her into your house. And she shall shave off her hair, and cut her nails short,
and remove the garment in which she was captured. And she shall sit in your house and weep for her father and mother, for one month. And after that, you shall enter to her and sleep with her, and she shall be your wife.
But if afterwards she does not sit well in your mind, you shall set her free. You cannot sell her for money, nor can you oppress her by force. For you have humiliated her.