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Deuteronomy 22:15–21

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15The father of the young woman and her mother shall then submit the evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.* 16The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: ‘I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her, 17and now he has made up charges against her, saying, “I did not find evidence of your daughter’s virginity.” But here is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the town. 18The elders of that town shall take the man and punish him; 19they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver (which they shall give to the young woman’s father) because he has slandered a virgin of Israel. She shall remain his wife; he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives.

20“If, however, this charge is true, that evidence of the young woman’s virginity was not found, 21then they shall bring the young woman out to the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her town shall stone her to death, because she committed a disgraceful act in Israel by prostituting herself in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.*

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  1. *vv 23ff
  2. *Deut 13:5; 23:17, 18