Deuteronomy 22:15-16

22:15 Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity ¹  for the elders of the city at the gate. 22:16 The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected ²  her.

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¹ sn In light of v. 17 this would evidently be blood-stained sheets indicative of the first instance of intercourse. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 302-3.

² tn Heb “hated.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15.