Deuteronomy 22:15
13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
16 And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
- KJV
- Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
- WEB
- then the young lady’s father and mother shall take and bring the tokens of the young lady’s virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.
- ASV
- then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel`s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;
- DARBY
- then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;
- BLB
- the father and the young woman—and mother—shall take and bring out the tokens of virginity of the young woman to the elders of the city at the gate.
- ÅB
- da skal pikens far og mor ta tegnet på hennes jomfrudom og ha med seg ut til porten, til byens eldste.
- OTB
- da skal jentas far og mor bringe bevis på jentas jomfruelighet til de eldste ved byporten.
- B1930
- da skal pikens far og mor ta tegnet på hennes jomfrudom og ha med sig ut til porten, til byens eldste.