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1 | 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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2 | 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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3 | 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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