accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, “I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn’t find in her the tokens of virginity;”
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accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, “I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn’t find in her the tokens of virginity;”
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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:
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and lay wanton charges against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say: 'I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity';
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 22:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 20:16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
- Deuteronomy 22:19 They shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. She shall be his wife. He may not put her away all his days.
- Proverbs 18:8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
- Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
- 1 Timothy 5:14 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, be an occasion that she is slandered.
That is, be an occasion that she is slandered.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 22:14 And give occasions of speech against her,…
Deu 22:14 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:
Ver. 14. I found her not a maid.] Silvester Petra-sancta Iesuita calumniatur puellas plerunque corruptas nuptui dari in Reformato Evangelio: Quod de Evangelio Romano (ait Rivettus noster) potius dici posset; postquam puellae dementarunt a vobis seductae, et sub vestibus cordulis nodosis spurcis vestris manibus fuerunt ligatae. {a} Papists falsely affirm that few maids amongst us come clear to marriage: cuius contrarium verum est.
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{a} Jesuita Vapulans, p. 146.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Of speech, Heb. of words, i.e. of discourses or…
Of speech, Heb. of words, i.e. of discourses or defamations.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then shall the father and the mother of the…
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
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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.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Name. Hebrew, "and occasion reports against her to bring…
Name. Hebrew, "and occasion reports against her to bring an evil name upon her," (Haydock) that he may not have to return her dowry. For, according to many of the Rabbins, he might give her a bill of divorce, simply if he did not like her. (Selden, Uxor. iii. 1, &c.) --- They allow the proof here specified, only with respect to a Hebrew woman between twelve and twelve and a half years old, during the period of her being espoused, but not taken home by her husband. The cause was to be tried before the 23 judges. Oftentimes only witnesses, probably matrons, were examined in defence of the woman. (Josephus, [Antiquities?] iv. 8.) St. Ambrose (ep. 8. 64. ad Syagr.) highly disapproves of such unsatisfactory methods. The marks assigned by the law were commonly observed in Syria, Persia, &c. The Arab physicians speak of them. See Valesius, c. xxv. The age in which women were then married, the climate, &c., caused these indications to be more clear, and deposed for or against the fidelity of the bride. The mother had them entrusted to her care by the friends of the husband, who had kept watch at the door on the wedding night. (M.[Menochius;?] Nachman, ap. Fagium.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. and lay shameful things to her charge] So…
14. and lay shameful things to her charge] So some versions, and so still Marti. But others following Dillm. trans. frame wanton charges against her (Heb. ‘ȧlilôth debarîm, cp. the cognate ta‘alulîm, caprice or wantonness, Isa_3:4; Isa_66:4, and Psa_141:4). So Dri. Berth., and the Oxford Heb. Lex. Aq. has ἐναλλακτικὰ ῥήματα, but LXX προφασιστικοὺς λόγους. Steuern., ‘evil deeds that are only words.’
bring up] Heb. bring out, techn. term.
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tokens of virginity] See introd. note, and cp. Deu_22:17.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:14 A husband who discovered evidence that his wife…
22:14 A husband who discovered evidence that his wife had lost her virginity prior to marriage (see 22:15) would accuse her of shameful conduct.
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