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1 | Which Enemies Could Israel Marry? | Deut 21:10 | bowler | 207071 | ||
John Yes, I agree it is about sin, and marrying them was a sin. I am confused about something, not that you said, but about the text. Maybe you could help me out here. Moses is the one speaking in Deuteronomy 21:10, he has been speaking one continuous discourse since Deuteronomy 1:6. I may be wrong about this, but I kept reading and reading and saw no event breaks there, just one long discourse. But I could be wrong, it may be various discourses strung as one single piece. The reason I say this is because when Moses speaks about this same issue in Deuteronomy 7:2-4 he says to kill everyone and not to marry them, but in Deuteronomy 21:10 he says if you want to take a wife do so - he also says in 20:10 that peace terms can be offered instead of annilating them all, as oppossed to 7:2-4. In the NASB the caption on chapter 20 says Laws of Warfare, the caption on chapter says Warnings. I may be missing the whole context thing, or not. What do you think, if you feel like discussing it further? Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |
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2 | Which Enemies Could Israel Marry? | Deut 21:10 | stjohn | 207073 | ||
Hi Bowler: I don't really know about the peace terms thing, but I think we can certainly ascertain that Moses was not referring to the non Israelites when he said that they could go ahead and marry, since he already said not to. Why would he go against what was being taught? The simple answer is: He wouldn't. Just because he doesn't specifically say so, we can be certain that that is what is being implied. He was just telling them to go ahead and marry from among the Israelites. God bless John |
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3 | Which Enemies Could Israel Marry? | Deut 21:10 | skccab | 207076 | ||
Shalom John, Dt. 21:10-13 is talking about an enemy female. Verse 13 says she is to remove the clothing of her captivity (the women would dress nicely in hopes of not being killed) and put on clothing of mourning and mourn her family for a month in the warrior's home. If the warrior changed his mind after the month was up, he could not degrade nor treat her brutally nor sell her; she was to be set free to live in the camp as her "home town" and family had been destroyed and she had been humbled. I think it's understood that she would be obliged to worship the God of Israel who had saved her alive. (I actually marvelled over these instructions - what a wonderful God we serve. He shows concern and compassion even on His enemies!! He gives these women time to mourn their losses before having to face being married to someone who had been an enemy! Also this would give the warrior a chance to see her at her worst - shaven head, short nails, clothes of mourning, red eyes, etc., and then the warrior must treat her gently if he changes his mind. Wow!!) Just a thought along the lines of not marrying the pagans - I believe that was intended that they not go into areas that are alive and well and marry; but this circumstance is talking about a situation where all but the few women that would be marrying the warriors would be killed, so it would be relatively easy to assimilate these women into their religious beliefs. If I've misunderstood your reply, please forgive. This is just my 2cents worth :-) Cheri |
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4 | Which Enemies Could Israel Marry? | Deut 21:10 | stjohn | 207092 | ||
Thanks Cheri: well, thats what I get for going out on a limb, before I go back and carefully study the text. :-( Shalom Cpt Redface |
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5 | Which Enemies Could Israel Marry? | Deut 21:10 | skccab | 207101 | ||
John, Aaaah, that's OK. Just shows that my Super Bro is a Super humanBro, and we all make mistakes (of which I seem to take the helm - arrrgh). :-) Shalom Cheri |
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