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.
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Gill's Exposition
And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her,.... Her beautiful garments, and gay apparel, in which she was taken captive; and which tended to stir up the stronger affection for her,…
Barnes' Notes
Bewail her father and her mother a full month - This is prescribed from motives of humanity, that the woman might have time and leisure to detach her affections from their natural ties, and prepare…
By this law a soldier is allowed to marry his captive if he pleased. For the hardness of their hearts Moses gave them this permission, lest, if they had not had liberty given them to marry such, they…
Cambridge Bible
a full month Lit. a month of days, a usual period of mourning, Deu 34:8; Num 20:29, etc., cp. Gen 50:3. Contrast Mohammed's practice above.
be her husband Heb. a ba-al to her; so Deu 24:1, R.V.…