Deuteronomy 22:16

New Century Version

The girl’s father will say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, but now he does not want her.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:13

If a man marries a girl and has sexual relations with her but then decides he does not like her,

Deuteronomy 22:15

Then the girl’s parents must bring proof that she was a virgin to the elders at the city gate.

Deuteronomy 22:17

This man has told lies about my daughter. He has said, ‘I did not find your daughter to be a virgin,’ but here is the proof that my daughter was a virgin.” Then her parents are to show the sheet to the elders of the city,