Deuteronomy 22:14

וְשָׂם לָהּ עֲלִילֹת דְּבָרִים וְהוֹצִיא עָלֶיהָ שֵׁם רָע וְאָמַר אֶת ־ הָאִשָּׁה הַזֹּאת לָקַחְתִּי וָאֶקְרַב אֵלֶיהָ וְלֹא ־ מָצָאתִי לָהּ בְּתוּלִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

13כִּֽי ־ יִקַּח אִישׁ אִשָּׁה וּבָא אֵלֶיהָ וּשְׂנֵאָֽהּ ׃

15וְלָקַח אֲבִי הנער וְאִמָּהּ וְהוֹצִיאוּ אֶת ־ בְּתוּלֵי הנער אֶל ־ זִקְנֵי הָעִיר הַשָּֽׁעְרָה ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 23:1לֹא תִשָּׂא שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא אַל ־ תָּשֶׁת יָֽדְךָ עִם ־ רָשָׁע לִהְיֹת עֵד חָמָֽס ׃ ס

Proverbs 18:8דִּבְרֵי נִרְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִים וְהֵם יָרְדוּ חַדְרֵי ־ בָֽטֶן ׃

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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