Key Verse Spotlight
Deuteronomy 22:18 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βAnd the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;β
Deuteronomy 22:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech {against her}, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these {are the tokens of} my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
And they shall amerce him in an hundred {shekels} of silver, and give {them} unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
But if this thing be true, {and the tokens of} virginity be not found for the damsel:
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