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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 21:13 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
De 21:13	King James	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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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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 her mind for new ones.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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 her mind for new ones.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Raiment of captivity - Those sordid raiments which were put upon her when she was taken captive. Bewail her father and mother - Either their death, or which was in effect the same, her final separation from them.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Raiment of captivity - Those sordid raiments which were put upon her when she was taken captive. Bewail her father and mother - Either their death, or which was in effect the same, her final separation from them.

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