신명기 21:10-15 KRV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:15

One beloved, and another hated - That is, one loved less than the other. This is the true notion of the word hate in Scripture. So Jacob Hated Leah, that is, he loved her less than he did Rachel; and Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I Hated, that is, I have shown a more particular affection to the posterity of Jacob than I have to the posterity of Esau. See the note on Genesis 29:31 . From this verse we see that polygamy did exist under the Mosaic laws, and that it was put under certain... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:10

Verse 10 10.When thou goest forth to war. The same thing is now commanded respecting wives as above respecting meats. As regarded the Canaanites, who were destined and devoted to destruction, we have seen that the Israelites were prohibited from taking their women to wife, lest this connection should be an enticement to sin; but Moses now goes further, viz., that the Israelites, having obtained a victory over other nations, should not marry any of the captive women, unless purified by a solemn... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:14

Verse 14 14.And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her. I have been compelled to separate this sentence from the foregoing context which I have explained elsewhere; (161) for Moses there gave instructions how a captive woman was to be taken to wife if her beauty attracted a Jewish husband. That law then had reference to chastity and conjugal fidelity, and especially to the purity of God’s worship; but now Moses prescribes that, if a man have dishonored a captive woman, he should not sell... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:15

Verse 15 15.If a man have two wives. Inasmuch as it is here provided that a father should not unjustly transfer what belongs to one son to another, it is a part and supplement of the Eighth Commandment, the substance of which is, that every one’s rights should be preserved to him. For, if the father substituted another son in the place of his first-born, it was unquestionably a kind of theft. But, since it rarely happens that a father unnaturally degrades his first-born from his precedence, if... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:10-14

If an Israelite saw among captives taken in war a woman, fair of aspect, and loved her, and took her to be his wife, he was to allow her a full month to mourn her lost kindred, and become accustomed to her new condition, before he consummated his union with her. This refers to captives from other nations than those of Canaan, with whom the Israelites were to form no alliance, and whom they were not to take captive, but either wholly destroy or render tributary (cf. Deuteronomy 7:3 ; Numbers... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:10-14

The female captive; or, Divine regard for woman's safety and honor. Any one who is acquainted with the fearful license practiced among many nations towards female captives taken in war, can surely appreciate the humanizing influence which the injunction in this paragraph was intended to exert. The law here laid down may or may not be abstractly the best; but if it was the best that the people could bear: if it would certainly lift up the people a step higher in their regard for womanly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:10-14

Through love to liberty. We have here a regulation or law of war. Captives might be sold as slaves, but through love they might reach the position of a wife in a Jewish household, and if she did not please her conqueror, then she was to be made free again. So that the possible fate of the captive was "through love to liberty." I. LOVE IS THE BEST CURE FOR THE ILLS OF WAR . The men were to be slain: women might be kept as a prey ( Deuteronomy 20:14 ). It was a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:10-14

The captor captured. God's laws are accommodations to human infirmities. To require from men summarily, and as the result of law, perfect conduct of life is impracticable. Hence legislation, to be successful, must be adapted to the case, and must lead by gradations to a nobler life. This law, though tolerant of lesser evil, is a marked amelioration of earlier custom—a step towards order and purity. I. FEMALE BEAUTY WINS THE HEARTS EVEN OF WARRIORS . There are other... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:10-15

The captive wife. The kindness, thoughtfulness, and strict justice of the Mosaic laws is very striking. The Law here interposes to secure— I. CONSIDERATE TREATMENT OF ONE BEREAVED . ( Deuteronomy 21:10-14 .) The case supposed comes under the law of Deuteronomy 20:14 . The woman was a captive in war and a heathen, yet the Israelite is required to respect her chastity, and, if he conceive a passion for her, must not only make her his wife in a proper manner, but must allow... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:12

She shall shave her head, and pare her nails. The shaving of the head and the paring of the nails, as well as the putting off of the garments worn when taken captive, were signs of purification, of separation from former heathenism, preparatory to reception among the covenant people of Jehovah (cf. Le Deuteronomy 14:8 ; Numbers 8:7 ). Pare her nails ; literally, make or prepare her nails , i . e . by cutting them down to a proper size and form (cf. 2 Samuel 19:25 , where the... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:10-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:12

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