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Deuteronomy 20:14

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20:14 However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city – all its plunder – you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the Lord your God has given you.

Deuteronomy 22:5

Context

22:5 A woman must not wear men’s clothing, 1  nor should a man dress up in women’s clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive 2  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 28:56

Context
28:56 Likewise, the most 3  tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, 4  will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,

Deuteronomy 31:12

Context
31:12 Gather the people – men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages – so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the words of this law.

1 tn Heb “a man’s clothing.”

2 tn The Hebrew term תּוֹעֵבָה (toevah, “offense”) speaks of anything that runs counter to ritual or moral order, especially (in the OT) to divine standards. Cross-dressing in this covenant context may suggest homosexuality, fertility cult ritual, or some other forbidden practice.

3 tc The LXX adds σφόδρα (sfodra, “very”) to bring the description into line with v. 54.

4 tn Heb “delicateness and tenderness.”



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