Old Testament · VERSE 18

Deuteronomy 22:18

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And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

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Deuteronomy 22:18 in context

Deuteronomy 22:16

And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

Deuteronomy 22:17

And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

Deuteronomy 22:18SELECTED VERSE

And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

Deuteronomy 22:19

And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

Deuteronomy 22:20

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

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