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Deuteronomy 22:15

then shall the father of the damsel and her mother take and bring forth the tokens of the virginity of the damsel, unto the elders of the city, in the gate;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Character;   Church;   Court;   Damages and Compensation;   Gates;   Government;   Husband;   Slander;   Virgin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Gates;   The Topic Concordance - Execution;   Whoredom;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Justice;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Divorce;   Fornication;   Husband;   Ruler;   Virgin;   Women;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Divorce;   Elder;   Family Life and Relations;   Leadership;   Lie, Lying;   Marriage;   Prostitution;   Sexuality, Human;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Wife;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Elder;   Hate, Hatred;   Judge (Office);   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Elder;   Government;   Justice;   Leviticus;   Marriage;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gate;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elder in the Old Testament;   Maid;   Slander;   Virgin;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Calumny;   Divorce;   Elder;   Proselyte;   Slander;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
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.
Update Bible Version
then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate;
English Revised Version
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:
New Century Version
Then the girl's parents must bring proof that she was a virgin to the elders at the city gate.
New English Translation
Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth [the tokens of] the damsel's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate:
World English Bible
then shall the father of the young lady, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the young lady's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate;
Amplified Bible
then the young woman's father and her mother shall get and bring out the evidence of her virginity to the elders of the city at the gate [where court is held].
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
hir, and thei schulen bere with hem the signes of her virgynyte to the eldre men of the citee, that ben in the yate;
Young's Literal Translation
`Then hath the father of the damsel -- and her mother -- taken and brought out the tokens of virginity of the damsel unto the elders of the city in the gate,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the young woman's father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
Contemporary English Version
If this happens, the bride's father and mother must go to the town gate to show the town leaders the proof that the woman was a virgin.
American Standard Version
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;
Bible in Basic English
Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then shall the father of the damsell & the mother, bryng foorth the tokens of the damsels virginitie vnto the elders of the citie in the gate,
Complete Jewish Bible
then the girl's father and mother are to take the evidence of the girl's virginity to the leaders of the town at the gate.
Darby Translation
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;
Easy-to-Read Version
If this happens, the girl's father and mother must bring the proof that the girl was a virgin to the town elders at the meeting place of the town.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
Then shal the father of the damosell, and her mother take, and bring forth the tokens of the damosels virginitie, vnto the Elders of the citie in the gate.
New Life Bible
then the girl's father and mother should bring what is needed to prove she has not been with another man to the leaders of the city at the gate.
New Revised Standard
The father of the young woman and her mother shall then submit the evidence of the young woman's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shal the father of the mayde and her mother take and bring the signes of the maydes virginitie vnto the Elders of the citie to the gate.
George Lamsa Translation
Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsels virginity to the elders of the city at the gate;
Good News Translation
"If this happens, the young woman's parents are to take the blood-stained wedding sheet that proves she was a virgin, and they are to show it in court to the town leaders.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Her father and mother shall take her, and shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to the ancients of the city that are in the gate:
Revised Standard Version
then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the tokens of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel’s tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate.
Christian Standard Bible®
the young woman’s father and mother will take the evidence of her virginity and bring it to the city elders at the city gate.
Hebrew Names Version
then shall the father of the young lady, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the young lady's virginity to the Zakenim of the city in the gate;
King James Version
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:
Lexham English Bible
then in defense the father of the young woman shall take, along with her mother, and together they must bring out the evidence of the virginity of the young woman to display it to the elders of the city at the city gate.
Literal Translation
Then the girl's father and her mother shall take and bring the girl's tokens of virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shall the father and mother of the damsell take her, and brynge forth the tokens of the damsels virginite before the Elders of the cite, euen vnto the gate.
New American Standard Bible
then the girl's father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.
New King James Version
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
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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
then the girl's father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.
Legacy Standard Bible
then the girl's father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

Contextual Overview

13 When a man taketh a wife, - and goeth in unto her and hateth her; 14 and raiseth against her occasions of speech, and bringeth upon her an evil name, and saith - This woman, I took, and approached her, and found not that she had the tokens of virginity, 15 then shall the father of the damsel and her mother take and bring forth the tokens of the virginity of the damsel, unto the elders of the city, in the gate; 16 and the father of the damsel shall say unto the elders, - My daughter, gave I unto this man to wife and he hated her; 17 and lo! he, hath raised occasions of speech, saying - I found not that thy daughter had the tokens of virginity and yet, these, are the tokens of the virginity of my daughter. And they shall spread out the garment before the elders of the city. 18 Then shall the elders of that city take the man, and chastise him; 19 and fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought an evil name upon a virgin of Israel, and she shall remain his wife, he may not put her away, all his days. 20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found with the damsel, 21 then shall they bring forth the damsel into the entrance of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die, because she hath wrought wickedness in Israel, by committing unchastity in her father's house, - so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst. 22 When a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then shall, both, of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of Israel.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then shall the father and the mother of the damsel take,.... Power from the court, according to the Targum of Jonathan; having leave and licence granted them to do what follows, these were to, and would, concern themselves in such an affair, partly for the credit and reputation of their child, and partly for their own honour, who were in danger, as Jarchi observes, of coming into contempt for their ill education of her:

and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity; the sheet she lay in when she first bedded with her husband, in her parents' possession, and kept by them as a witness of her purity, should there ever be any occasion for it: and which were to be brought

unto the elders of the city in the gate; which sat in the gate of the city to try causes: the Targum of Jonathan calls it the gate of the sanhedrim, or court of judicature; and, according to Maimonides q, this court was the court of twenty three judges; for this was a capital crime accused of, a cause relating to life and death, which could not be heard and tried in a lesser court.

q Hilchot Naarah Betulah, c. 3. sect. 3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 22:15. Tokens 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.


 
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