18 So (A)the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him, 19 and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father, because he [a]publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he cannot [b]divorce her all his days.

20 “But if this [c](B)charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:19 Lit caused an evil name to go out against a virgin
  2. Deuteronomy 22:19 Lit send her away
  3. Deuteronomy 22:20 Lit matter