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Deuteronomy 22:16-18
Lexham English Bible
Deuteronomy 22:16-18
Lexham English Bible
16 And then the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as wife, but he now dislikes[a] her, 17 and now look he has accused her falsely,[b] saying, “I did not find your daughter a virgin,”[c] but here is evidence of the virginity of my daughter’; and they shall spread the cloth out before[d] the elders of the city. 18 Then the elders of that city shall take the man, and they shall discipline him.
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- Deuteronomy 22:16 Literally “hates”
- Deuteronomy 22:17 Literally “he put deeds of words”
- Deuteronomy 22:17 Literally “to your daughter virginity”
- Deuteronomy 22:17 Literally “to the face of”
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