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Deuteronomy 22:15
15then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring to the town elders at the gate proof that she was a virgin.
Deuteronomy 22:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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:
- English Standard Version (ESV)then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.
- New King James Version (NKJV)then the father and mother of the young woman shall take and bring out the evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then the woman’s father and mother must bring the proof of her virginity to the elders as they hold court at the town gate.
Context of Deuteronomy 22:15
13If a man takes a wife and, after sleeping with her, dislikes her 14and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,” then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring to the town elders at the gate proof that she was a virgin. 16Her father will say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her. 17Now 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,
Read all of Deuteronomy 22Deuteronomy 22:15 word by word
וְלָקַ֛ח אֲבִ֥י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה וְאִמָּ֑הּ וְהוֹצִ֜יאוּ אֶת־בְּתוּלֵ֧י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֛ה אֶל־זִקְנֵ֥י הָעִ֖יר הַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then shall the fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- of the damselנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
- and her motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
- takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- and bring forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
- virginityבְּתוּלִיםbethûlîym · virginityH1331
- unto the eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
- of the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- in the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:15
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Tokens of the damsel's virginity - This was a perfectly possible case in all places where girls were married at ten, twelve, and fourteen years of age, which is frequent in the East. I have known several instances of persons having had two or three children at separate births before they were fourteen years of age. Such tokens, therefore, as the text speaks of, must be infallibly exhibited by females so very young on the consummation of their marriage.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-30Verses 13-30 These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15proof of her virginity: : A blood-stained cloth would show that the woman’s hymen was ruptured by her first act of intercourse with her husband.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-3013-30. If a man take a wife, &c.--The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet, it is not necessary that we should curiously and impertinently inquire into them. So far was it from being unworthy of God to leave such things upon record, that the enactments must heighten our admiration of His wisdom and goodness in the management of a people so perverse and so given to irregular passions. Nor is…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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