This marriage “served as a model of the covenantal purity that should be maintained in all Israelite families in accordance with Moses’ and Joshua’s instructions (Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3–4; Joshua 23:12; contrast the situation described in Judges 3:6…). It also serves as a contrastive foil for the marriages by abduction described in the book’s final chapter."1
13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.