OLD TESTAMENT

Deuteronomy 22:15

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then the young lady’s father and mother shall take and bring the tokens of the young lady’s virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.

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Verse 15. Her. It does not appear that the woman was present at the trial: she remained at her father’s, or rather at her husband’s house, till sentence was passed. Calmet.—Hebrew “then shall the father of the damsel and her mother take and produce the damsel’s virginity,” or the tokens of it.

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