Deuteronomy 22:13

Purity in the Marriage Relationship

22:13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, ¹  and then rejects ²  her,

Deuteronomy 25:12

25:12 then you must cut off her hand – do not pity her.

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¹ tn Heb “goes to her,” a Hebrew euphemistic idiom for sexual relations.

² tn Heb “hate.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15. Cf. NAB “comes to dislike”; NASB “turns against”; TEV “decides he doesn’t want.”