Deuteronomy 22:16

New International Reader's Version

Her father will speak to the elders. He’ll say, “I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But he doesn’t like her.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 22:13

Suppose a man marries a woman and sleeps with her. But then he doesn’t like her.

Deuteronomy 22:15

Then the young woman’s parents must bring proof that she was a virgin. They must give the proof to the elders at the gate of the town.

Deuteronomy 22:17

So now he has told lies about her. He has said, ‘I discovered that your daughter wasn’t a virgin.’ But here’s the proof that my daughter was a virgin.” Then her parents will show the elders of the town the cloth that has her blood on it.