"And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;" — Deuteronomy 22:18

Deuteronomy 22:18 · KJV

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

— Deuteronomy 22:18

And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech {against her}, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these {are the tokens of} my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

Verse 19

And they shall amerce him in an hundred {shekels} of silver, and give {them} unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

Deuteronomy 22 — Context

And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

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

But if this thing be true, {and the tokens of} virginity be not found for the damsel:

Cross References

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place {such} over them, {to be} rulers of thousands, {and} rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: