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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 20:7/אבן עזרא על דברים כ׳:ז׳
אארש אשה ולא לקחה. בנשואין והנה זה הכתוב לאות כי יש מי שימות בבא יומו רק המת במלחמה מת בלא יומו על כן אמר דוד או במלחמה ירד ונספה:
1AND WHAT MAN IS THERE THAT HATH BETROTHED A WIFE, AND HATH NOT TAKEN HER? In marriage.9 (betrothal) and nesu’in (marriage). In the first stage the woman, though married, still lived in her father’s house. In the second stage she went to live with her husband. The marriage was not consummated till the second stage. Look, this verse is a sign that there are people who die when their time comes.10 However, the one who dies in battle dies before his time. Hence David said, or he shall go down into battle, and be swept away (I Sam. 26:10).11.