Deuteronomy 22:20
18 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.
But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
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
- If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
- KJV
- But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
- WEB
- But if this thing is true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady,
- ASV
- But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;
- DARBY
- But if this thing is true, [and] virginity hath not been found with the damsel;
- BLB
- But if this thing is true [and] tokens of virginity are not found for the young woman,
- ÅB
- Men var det sant, var piken ikke jomfru,
- OTB
- Hvis imidlertid anklagen er sann og det ikke kan finnes bevis på jentas jomfruelighet,
- B1930
- Men var det sant, var piken ikke jomfru,