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Originally Posted by Joanna Lytton-Vasey
I'd just always taken that verse to mean that the women should be forced to shave their own heads and was replying to What'sHerName's post on that basis.
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Deuteronomy 21:10-14
10a When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies
10b And the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands
10c And thou hast taken them captive
11a And seest among the captives a beautiful woman
11b And hast a desire unto her.…
12a Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house
12b And she shall shave her head
12c And pare her nails.…
13b And shall remain in thine house
13c And bewail her father and her mother a full month
13d And after that thou shalt go in unto her.…
14a And it shall be if thou have no delight in her
14b Then thou shalt let her go
God understands about human relationships. The woman is not forced to oblige her new owner immediately but after shaving her head is kept indoors for a full month. God is clear that she can't go out during that time. But once she's got used to her new circumstances, it's party time. Let's say she gets sulky and fails to delight the brave warrior who rescued from the heathens. God understands that too, in His mercy, and she can be ejected.
Although her options would be somewhat restricted, the heathens having been wiped out, her previous owner deceased and with little prospect for marriage among God's Chosen People, she is allowed to choose. Plainly the option of rejoining the establishment she's been let go from is off the table and if she decides to go heathen again, well, God is very specific in that case.
Postmodern types will cast all this in the worst possible light but let's face it once they've rejected God's Perfect Love darkness is about all they've got left.