Deuteronomy 21:11

Good News Translation

you may see among them a beautiful woman that you like and want to marry.

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But he found the young woman so attractive that he fell in love with her and tried to win her affection.

Hamor said to him, “My son Shechem has fallen in love with your daughter; please let him marry her.

some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

How hard it is to find a capable wife! She is worth far more than jewels!

Charm is deceptive and beauty disappears, but a woman who honors the Lord should be praised.

Don't be tempted by their beauty; don't be trapped by their flirting eyes.

but keep alive for yourselves all the girls and all the women who are virgins.

“When the Lord your God gives you victory in battle and you take prisoners,

Take her to your home, where she will shave her head, cut her fingernails,