Deuteronomy 22:16

God's Word

The girl’s father will tell the leaders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he doesn’t like her.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:13

A man might marry a woman, sleep with her, and decide he doesn’t like her.

Deuteronomy 22:15

The girl’s father and mother must go to the city gate where the leaders of the city are and submit the evidence that their daughter was a virgin.

Deuteronomy 22:17

Now he has made up charges against her. He says he found out that my daughter wasn’t a virgin. But here’s the evidence!” Then the girl’s parents must spread out the cloth in front of the leaders of the city.