申命記21:10-14

21:10 「你出去與仇敵爭戰的時候，耶和華─你的上帝將他們交在你手中，你就擄了他們去。
21:11 若在被擄的人中見有美貌的女子，戀慕她，要娶她為妻，
21:12 就可以領她到你家裡去；她便要剃頭髮，修指甲，
21:13 脫去被擄時所穿的衣服，住在你家裡哀哭父母一個整月，然後可以與她同房。你作她的丈夫，她作你的妻子。
21:14 後來你若不喜悅她，就要由她隨意出去，決不可為錢賣她，也不可當婢女待她，因為你玷污了她。」

¹⁰ When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, ¹¹ if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife. ¹² Bring her into your home and have her shave her head, trim her nails ¹³ and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife. ¹⁴ If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

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    取俘虜者為妻，正如這裡所說：「若在被擄的人中見有美貌的女子，戀慕她，要娶她為妻，就可以領她到你家裡去；她便要剃頭髮，修指甲，脫去被擄時所穿的衣服，住在你家裡哀哭父母一個整月，然後可以與她同房。你作她的丈夫，她作你的妻子。」

    感覺很像小說的情節，也覺得上帝實在太浪漫了，在聖經還會說到這樣的事情。這也讓我們感覺信靠上帝，不是要成為一位道貌岸然、不食人間煙火的聖人，而是有血有肉，實實在在的人！

    當然浪漫故事並不一定有完美結局，所以摩西最後也說：「後來你若不喜悅她，就要由她隨意出去，決不可為錢賣她，也不可當婢女待她，因為你玷污了她。」

    當然這樣說，是對於人的尊重，總不可以不喜歡人家就苦待人家！