Deuteronomy 22:17 meaning and explanation
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
Deuteronomy 22:17, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the words the parents of a newly married woman speak to the elders at the city gate. Their daughter has been accused by her husband of not being a virgin when she married him, a charge that carried serious shame and legal consequences in Israel.
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