Deuteronomy 22:18

take the man, and schulen bete hym,

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

In Context

17that he seye, Y foond not thi douytir virgyn; and lo! these ben the signes of virgynyte of my douytir; thei schulen sprede forth a cloth + 22:17 sprede forth clooth; that is, as Ebrews seyen, thei schulen declare the virgynete of her douyter bi the wordis of witnessis. bifor the eldre men of the citee. And the eldere men of that citee schulen

19and ferthermore thei schulen condempne hym in an hundrid siclis of siluer, whiche he schal yyue to the `fadir of the damysel, for he diffamide the werste name on a virgyn of Israel; and he schal haue hir wijf, and he schal not mowe forsake hir, in al `the tyme of his lijf.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:21Forsothe puruey thou of al the puple myyti men, + 18:21 Another translacioun hath wise men, wher we han miyti men. and dredynge God, in whiche is treuthe, and whiche haten auarice; and ordeyne thou of hem tribunes, + 18:21 a tribune is he that is souereyn of a thousinde men, centurioun of an hundrid, quinquagenarie of fifty, a deen of ten. and centuriouns, and quinquagenaries, and deenys,

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:14-30

The Punishment of Fornication. ( b. c. 1451.) 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: 15 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… Read the whole commentary →

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