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Deuteronomy 22:17

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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.

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  1. Deuteronomy 22:15

    Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:

  2. 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;

  3. Deuteronomy 22:18

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

  4. 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.

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