Bible verse

Deuteronomy 22:18

Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

Deuteronomy 22:18 · BSB

Deuteronomy 22:18 in context

The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 22.

14 and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”

15 Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

16 and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.

17 And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

18 Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

19 They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

20 If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,

21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

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Deuteronomy 22:18 in other translations

KJV

And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

ASV

And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

ERV

And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

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