Deuteronomy 22:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ The girl’s father will say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, but now he ·does not want [^Lhates] her. ¹⁷ This man has ·told lies about my daughter [charged my daughter with wanton behavior]. He has said, ‘I did not find your daughter to be a virgin,’ but here is the ·proof [evidence] that my daughter was a virgin.” Then her parents are to show the sheet [^Cblood-stained, showing she had been a virgin] to the elders of the city, ¹⁸ and the elders must take the man and ·punish [discipline] him.