Deuteronomy 21:12

Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

Then thou shalt bring {H935} her home {H8432} to thine house {H1004}; and she shall shave {H1548} her head {H7218}, and pare {H6213} her nails {H6856};

you are to bring her home to your house, where she will shave her head, cut her fingernails

then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,

then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 14:9 (2 votes)

    But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

  • Numbers 6:9 (2 votes)

    And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

  • Ephesians 4:22 (2 votes)

    That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

  • 1 Corinthians 11:6 (2 votes)

    For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.