17 and behold, he has charged her with shameful deeds, saying, “I did not find your daughter a virgin.” But [a]this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. 18 So (A)the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him, 19 and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father, because he [b]publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he cannot [c]divorce her all his days.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:17 Lit these are
  2. Deuteronomy 22:19 Lit caused an evil name to go out against a virgin
  3. Deuteronomy 22:19 Lit send her away