Deuteronomy 22:15-17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁵ Her father and mother shall take her, and shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to the ancients of the city that are in the gate:

¹⁶ And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her,

¹⁷ He layeth to her charge a very ill name, so as to say: I found not thy daughter a virgin: and behold these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city: