DEUT190 The practice of separating sexual lust from other types of lust is reflected in the Bible. The original version of the Decalogue outlawed covetousness of sex and property in a single prohibition [this verse]. The Deuteronomic version of the Decalogue prohibits the two types of lust in two separate injunctions (this verse). Despite the strictness of the Jewish moral code, the ancient rabbis evinced a sympathetic understanding of the inordinate effort frequently entailed in man's resistance to sexual temptation. They were impressed by the fact that even the Bible made a concession to man's powerful sex drive in a situation where an absolute prohibition would only provoke defiance. The law regarding a heathen female captive of war, offering a psychological outlet for the sake of preserving the virtue of all parties involved, is a concession to human weakness (Deuteronomy 21:10-14, Kiddushin 21b).