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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;
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A Formal Legal Defense
Commentators explain this was a formal legal proceeding, not just a family dispute. The parents would present physical evidence (the 'tokens,' likely the wedding-night sheet) to the city elders, who acted as a court of law. This was a serious process to defend the woman's life and the family's honor against a capital charge.
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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
Then shall the father and the mother of the damsel take Power from the court, according to the Targum of Jonathan; h…
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…
