11 and then you notice among the prisoners of war a good-looking woman whom you find attractive and would like to marry, 12 this is what you do: Take her home; have her trim her hair, cut her nails, 13 and discard the clothes she was wearing when captured. She is then to stay in your home for a full month, mourning her father and mother. Then you may go to bed with her as husband and wife.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 21:11-13
Commentary on Deuteronomy 21:10-14
(Read Deuteronomy 21:10-14)
By this law a soldier was allowed to marry his captive, if he pleased. This might take place upon some occasions; but the law does not show any approval of it. It also intimates how binding the laws of justice and honour are in marriage; which is a sacred engagement.