Deuteronomy 21:13

21:13 discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, ¹  and stay ²  in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may have sexual relations ³  with her and become her husband and she your wife.

Deuteronomy 24:5

24:5 When a man is newly married, he need not go into ⁴  the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to ⁵  the wife he has married.

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¹ tn Heb “she is to…remove the clothing of her captivity” (cf. NASB); NRSV “discard her captive’s garb.”

² tn Heb “sit”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “remain.”

³ tn Heb “go unto,” a common Hebrew euphemism for sexual relations.

⁴ tn Heb “go out with.”

⁵ tc For the MT’s reading Piel שִׂמַּח (simmakh, “bring joy to”), the Syriac and others read שָׂמַח (samakh, “enjoy”).