Deuteronomy 22:18
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.
And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
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 elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
- KJV
- And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
- WEB
- The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him.
- ASV
- And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;
- DARBY
- And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;
- BLB
- And the elders of that city shall take the man, and they shall discipline him.
- ÅB
- Og de eldste i byen skal ta mannen og gi ham hugg
- OTB
- og de eldste skal ta affære mot mannen og disiplinere ham.
- B1930
- Og de eldste i byen skal ta mannen og gi ham hugg
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Exodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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