Deuteronomy 21:11 (WEB)
and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her, and desire to take her as your wife,
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“But if you love a captive woman, that is, worldly wisdom, and if no beauty but hers attracts you, make her bald and cut off her alluring hair, that is to say, the graces of style, and pare away her dead nails.” — editor's note: Cf. Deut. xxi. 11, 12.
Read the whole comment“He had read in Deuteronomy the command given by the voice of the Lord that when a captive woman had had her head shaved, her eyebrows and all her hair cut off, and her nails pared, she might then be taken to wife.” — editor's note: Deut. xxi. 10–13.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Quod enim vellet lex viros uti moderate uxoribus, et propter solam liberorum susceptionem, ex eo clarum est, quod prohibet quidem eum, qui non habet uxorem, statim cum” captiva” habere consuetudinem.” — editor's note: Deut. xxi. 11, 12, 13.
Read the whole comment““But allow her,” it says, “thirty days to mourn according to her wish, and changing her clothes, associate with her as your lawful wife.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxi. 10–13.
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