‏ Deuteronomy 22:13-21

Laws on Morality

13aIf any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then
Lit hates her
turns against her,
14and 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,’
15then 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. 16And 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;
17and 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.
18Then fthe elders of that city shall take the man and rebuke him, 19and 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,
21then 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.
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