c. AD 94

J. AJ 4.257

The Antiquities of the Jews 4.257

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Antiquities of the Jews

4.257

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

257But now, if any man take captive, either a virgin, or one that hath been married, and has a mind to marry her, let him not be allowed to bring her to bed to him, or to live with her as his wife, before she hath her head shaven, and hath put on her mourning habit, and lamented her relations and friends that were slain in the battle,