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Deuteronomy 22:18

β€œThe elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;”

Verse in context β€” Deuteronomy 22

16

and the young lady's father shall tell the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;

17

and behold, he has accused her of shameful things, saying, 'I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity;' and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity." They shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

18

The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

19

and they shall fine him one hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

20

But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;

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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.

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