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and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name on her, and say, 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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A Formal Legal Charge
Commentators clarify that the husband's accusation was not mere private slander. The phrase "bring up an evil name" refers to a formal, public charge of defamation brought before a court of law. This was a serious legal proceeding with witnesses, not just a personal dispute.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 22:13–30. LAWS OF CONJUGAL FIDELITY.
Virginity. —The law in these verses will be b…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And give occasions of speech against her Among her neighbours, who by his behaviour towards her, and by what he says…
Presbyterian
These and similar regulations might have been necessary then, and yet it is not necessary that we scrupulously examine them. The laws relate to the…
