- The girl's father will say to the elders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her.
- Now he has slandered her and said, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town,
- and the elders shall take the man and punish him.
- They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the girl's father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
- If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl's virginity can be found,
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- "The girl's father shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, but he turned against her;
- and behold, he has charged her with shameful deeds, saying, "I did not find your daughter a virgin." But this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
- "So the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him,
- and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl's father, because he publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he cannot divorce her all his days.
- "But if this charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin,
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