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](A)charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin, 21 then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her [d]to death because she has (B)committed an act of folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father’s house; thus (C)you shall purge the evil from among you.

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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
  4. Deuteronomy 22:21 Lit with stones so that she dies

19 They shall fine him a hundred shekels[a] of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

20 If, however, the charge is true(A) and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found, 21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing(B) in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:19 That is, about 2 1/2 pounds or about 1.2 kilograms