Deuteronomy 22:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The young woman’s father will say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he hates her.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:13

‘If a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and comes to hate her,

Deuteronomy 22:15

the young woman’s father and mother will take the evidence of her virginity and bring it to the city elders at the city gate.

Deuteronomy 22:17

He has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I didn’t find any evidence of your daughter’s virginity,’ but here is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.” They will spread out the cloth before the city elders.