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“When you will go out to war against your
enemies, and Hashem, your G-d, will deliver

him into your hand, and you will capture
his captivity”
(Devarim 21:10)

Those who feared their sins did not go out to war. Only the tzaddikim
went out to war. How can we suspect that they would think about foreign
women, to the extent that the Torah made a provision for this situation?

After witnessing countless potential soldiers making their way back home,
those who remained to fight the war were liable to become arrogant. After
all, they had no sins to be afraid of. The Torah therefore warns them
specifically to beware the perils of pride, for this flaw can induce even
them to think about foreign women.