A captive woman who was to be the wife of an Israelite man was to mourn for her dead loved ones for one lunar month. The destruction of the defeated cities was to be so thorough that all her former family and social ties would no longer exist.
जो परदेशी लड़की, इस्राएली पुरुष की पत्नी बनती, उसे एक चंद्र महीने तक अपने मरे हुए अज़ीज़ों के लिए मातम मनाना था ।