Deuteronomy 21:12
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Thou shalt bring her into thy house: and she shall shave her hair, and pare her nails,

1 Corinthians 11:6 For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head.

Ephesians 4:22 To put off, according to former conversation, the old man, who is corrupted according to the desire of error.

pare her nails; `i.

Context
Marrying a Captive Woman
11And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife, 12Thou shalt bring her into thy house: and she shall shave her hair, and pare her nails,13And shall put off the raiment, wherein she was taken: and shall remain in thy house, and mourn for her father and mother one month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and shalt sleep with her, and she shall be thy wife.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:5
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.

Leviticus 14:8
And when the man hath washed his clothes, he shall shave all the hair of his body, and shall be washed with water: and being purified he shall enter into the camp, yet so that he tarry without his own tent seven days.

Leviticus 14:9
And on the seventh day he shall shave the hair of his head, and his beard and his eyebrows, and the hair of all his body. And having washed again his clothes, and his body,

Numbers 6:9
But if any man die suddenly before him: the head of his consecration shall be defiled: and he shall shave it forthwith on the same day of his purification, and again on the seventh day.

Deuteronomy 21:11
And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife,

Lexicon
then you shall bring
וַהֲבֵאתָ֖הּ (wa·hă·ḇê·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

her into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

your house.
בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ (bê·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

She must shave
וְגִלְּחָה֙ (wə·ḡil·lə·ḥāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1548: To be bald, to shave, to lay waste

her head,
רֹאשָׁ֔הּ (rō·šāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

trim
וְעָשְׂתָ֖ה (wə·‘ā·śə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

her nails,
צִפָּרְנֶֽיהָ׃ (ṣip·pā·rə·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6856: A claw, nail, the point of a, style


Additional Translations
then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,Then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

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

and shouldest bring her within thine house: then shalt thou shave her head, and pare her nails;

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

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

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

then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

then thou hast brought her in unto the midst of thy household, and she hath shaved her head, and prepared her nails,
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