Deuteronomy 22:15
“Then shal the father of the damosell, and her mother take, and bring forth the tokens of the damosels virginitie, vnto the Elders of the citie in the gate.”
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Deuteronomy 22:15 Context
13¶ If any man take a wife, and go in vnto her, and hate her, 14And giue occasions of speach against her, and bring vp an euill name vpon her, and say, I tooke this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a mayd: 15Then shal the father of the damosell, and her mother take, and bring forth the tokens of the damosels virginitie, vnto the Elders of the citie in the gate. 16And the damosels father shall say vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife, & he hateth her: 17And loe, he hath giuen occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid: and yet these are the tokens of my daughters virginity; and they shall spread the cloth before the Elders of the citie.
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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:
- King James Version
then the girl's father and her mother shall take and bring out the {evidence} of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:
- Basic English Bible
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 Bible
Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate:
- Webster's Bible
then shall the father of the young lady, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the young lady's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate;
- World English Bible
`Then hath the father of the damsel -- and her mother -- taken and brought out the tokens of virginity of the damsel unto the elders of the city in the gate,
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible