Deuteronomy 22:13-30

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^13-14 “If a man marries a girl, then after sleeping with her accuses her of having had premarital intercourse with another man, saying, ‘She was not a virgin when I married her,’ ¹⁵ then the girl’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city judges.

¹⁶ “Her father shall tell them, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, and now he despises her ^17-18 and has accused her of shameful things, claiming that she was not a virgin when she married; yet here is the proof.’ And they shall spread before the judges the blood-stained sheet from her marriage bed. The judges shall sentence the man to be whipped, ¹⁹ and fine him one hundred dollars^[a] to be given to the girl’s father, for he has falsely accused a virgin of Israel. She shall remain his wife and he may never divorce her. ²⁰ But if the man’s accusations are true, and she was not a virgin, ²¹ the judges shall take the girl to the door of her father’s home where the men of the city shall stone her to death. She has defiled Israel by flagrant crime, being a prostitute while living at home with her parents; and such evil must be cleansed from among you.

²² “If a man is discovered committing adultery, both he and the other man’s wife must be killed; in this way evil will be cleansed from Israel. ^23-24 If a girl who is engaged is seduced within the walls of a city, both she and the man who seduced her shall be taken outside the gates and stoned to death—the girl because she didn’t scream for help, and the man because he has violated the virginity of another man’s fiancée. ^25-27 In this way you will reduce crime among you. But if this deed takes place out in the country, only the man shall die. The girl is as innocent as a murder victim; for it must be assumed that she screamed, but there was no one to hear and rescue her out in the field. ^28-29 If a man rapes a girl who is not engaged and is caught in the act, he must pay a fine^[b] to the girl’s father and marry her; he may never divorce her. ³⁰ A man shall not sleep with his father’s widow^[c] since she belonged to his father.