Deu 22:13-21 | NASB2020 | STEP | “ If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her,

Deuteronomy 22:13-21

Laws on Morality

13 “ ^aIf any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then ^{▼▼Lit hates her}turns against her, 14 and he charges her with shameful behavior and ^{▼▼Lit brings out an evil reputation against her}publicly defames her, and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her to have evidence of virginity,’ 15 then the girl’s father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. 16 And the girl’s father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he ^{▼▼Lit hated her}turned against her; 17 and behold, he has charged her with shameful behavior, saying, “I did not find your daughter to have evidence of virginity.” But ^{▼▼Lit these are}this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread out the garment before the elders of the city. 18 Then ^fthe elders of that city shall take the man and rebuke him, 19 and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father, because he ^{▼▼Lit brought out an evil reputation against a virgin}publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he is not allowed to ^{▼▼Lit send her away}divorce her all his days.

20 “But if this ^{▼▼Lit matter
,} ^jcharge is true, and they did not find the girl to have evidence of virginity, 21 then they shall bring the girl out to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her ^{▼▼Lit with stones so that she dies}to death, because she has ^lcommitted a disgraceful sin in Israel by playing the prostitute in her father’s house; so ^myou shall eliminate the evil from among you.