Deu 22:14-15 | NET2full | STEP | accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying , “I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin !”

‏ Deuteronomy 22:14-15

14 accusing her of impropriety ^{▼▼tn Heb “deeds of things”; NRSV “makes up charges against her”; NIV “slanders her.”} and defaming her reputation ^{▼▼tn Heb “brings against her a bad name”; NIV “gives her a bad name.”} by saying, “I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations ^{▼▼tn The expression קָרַב אֶל (qarav ʾel) means “draw near to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for the intended purpose of sexual relations.} I discovered she was not a virgin!” 15 Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity ^{▼▼sn In light of v. 17 this would evidently be blood-stained sheets indicative of the first instance of intercourse. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 302-3.} for the elders of the city at the gate.