accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, “I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn’t find in her the tokens of virginity;”
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Deuteronomy 22:14 in context
Deuteronomy 22:11–17
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You shall not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
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You shall make yourselves fringes on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover yourself.
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If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, hates her,
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accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, “I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn’t find in her the tokens of virginity;”
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then the young lady’s father and mother shall take and bring the tokens of the young lady’s virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.
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The young lady’s father shall tell the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man as his wife, and he hates her.
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Behold, he has accused her of shameful things, saying, ‘I didn’t find in your daughter the tokens of virginity;’ and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity.” They shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
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