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18 Then the elders of that city shall take the man, and they shall discipline him. 19 Then they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and they shall give them to the father of the young woman, for he defamed an Israelite young woman,[a] and she shall become his wife;[b] he will not be allowed to divorce her[c] all his days.

20 “But if this charge[d] was true, and the signs of virginity were not found[e] for the young woman,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:19 Literally “for he brought out a bad name against the virgin of Israel”
  2. Deuteronomy 22:19 Literally “and for him she shall become as wife”
  3. Deuteronomy 22:19 Literally “to send her out”
  4. Deuteronomy 22:20 Literally “the thing”
  5. Deuteronomy 22:20 Literally “and they were not found evidence of virginity”