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Deuteronomy 22:15–21

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15then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate. 16And the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to marry, and he hates her; 17and behold, he has accused her of misconduct, saying, “I did not find in your daughter evidence of virginity.” And yet this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the cloak before the elders of the city. 18Then the elders of that city shall take the man and whip2 him, 19and they shall fine him a hundred shekels3 of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought a bad name upon a virgin4 of Israel. And she shall be his wife. aHe may not divorce her all his days. 20But if the thing is true, that evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman, 21then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and bthe men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has cdone an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father’s house. dSo you shall purge the evil from your midst.

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Footnotes

  1. 2Or discipline
  2. 3A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  3. 4Or girl of marriageable age

Cross references

  1. a[Matt. 19:8, 9; Mark 10:11; Luke 16:18]
  2. b[ch. 21:21]
  3. cSee Gen. 34:7
  4. dSee ch. 13:5