Deuteronomy 21:8-10

Easy-to-Read Version

⁸ Lord, you saved your people Israel. Now make us pure. Don’t blame us for killing an innocent person.’ In this way these men will not be blamed for killing an innocent person. ⁹ In this way you will remove that guilt from your group by doing what the Lord said.

Women Captured in War

¹⁰ “You might fight against your enemies, and the Lord your God might let you defeat them and take them as captives.