Deuteronomy 22:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶ The girl’s father may tell the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man as his wife. But now he dislikes her ¹⁷ and has falsely accused her, telling me, ‘I found out your daughter wasn’t a virgin!’ But here is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.” If the parents can provide the evidence by spreading out the cloth for the elders to see, ¹⁸ the city elders must punish the husband. He is to be beaten