Deuteronomy 22:16

New English Translation

The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:13

Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and then rejects her,

Deuteronomy 22:15

Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.

Deuteronomy 22:17

Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, ‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out before the city’s elders.