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Deuteronomy 22:15-17
Lexham English Bible

15 then in defense the father of the young woman shall take, along with her mother, and together they must bring out the evidence of the virginity of the young woman to display it to the elders of the city at the city gate.[a] 16 And then the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as wife, but he now dislikes[b] her, 17 and now look he has accused her falsely,[c] saying, “I did not find your daughter a virgin,”[d] but here is evidence of the virginity of my daughter’; and they shall spread the cloth out before[e] the elders of the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:15 Literally “toward the city gate”
  2. Deuteronomy 22:16 Literally “hates”
  3. Deuteronomy 22:17 Literally “he put deeds of words”
  4. Deuteronomy 22:17 Literally “to your daughter virginity”
  5. Deuteronomy 22:17 Literally “to the face of”
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