And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, (e) and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy (f) wife.
(e) As having renounced parents and country.
(f) This was only allowed in the wars, otherwise the Israelites could not marry strangers.