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Deuteronomy 22:14

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22:14 accusing her of impropriety 1  and defaming her reputation 2  by saying, “I married this woman but when I had sexual relations 3  with her I discovered she was not a virgin!”

Deuteronomy 22:17

Context
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 4  before the city’s elders.

1 tn Heb “deeds of things”; NRSV “makes up charges against her”; NIV “slanders her.”

2 tn Heb “brings against her a bad name”; NIV “gives her a bad name.”

3 tn Heb “drew near to her.” This is another Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations.

4 tn Heb “they will spread the garment.”



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