BRAGADAYJAH
568
Domestic
Regulations.
The
last episode as may be seen, sheds light on what is often misquoted as the
sixth commandment which says, “thou shall not kill;” but kill is not the best
or even a good translation of what God says to us which is “Thou shall not shed
innocent blood, or thou shall not commit murder,” which as most of us know is a
vastly different think from kill.
Be
that as it may, the Lord now gives directions regarding the treatment of
certain captives. For instance He says,
if you capture a beautiful woman and you desire to make her your wife, then she
shall be taken to your house where she must first shave her head and cut her
nails, after which she shall rid herself of her captive garments and remain in
your house for a full month, during which she shall be allowed to weep over the
loss of her father and her mother, after which you may consummate a marriage
with her and she shall be your wife. And if she does not please you and you are
of a mind to let her go, then she shall be free to go wherever she will and
shall not be sold by you, because you have humiliated her.
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