Ulangan 22:15-21
Konteks22:15 Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity 1 for the elders of the city at the gate. 22:16 The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected 2 her. 22:17 Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, ‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out 3 before the city’s elders. 22:18 The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish 4 him. 22:19 They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation 5 ruined the reputation 6 of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
22:20 But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin, 22:21 the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing 7 in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge 8 evil from among you.
[22:15] 1 sn In light of v. 17 this would evidently be blood-stained sheets indicative of the first instance of intercourse. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 302-3.
[22:16] 2 tn Heb “hated.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15.
[22:17] 3 tn Heb “they will spread the garment.”
[22:18] 4 tn Heb “discipline.”
[22:19] 5 tn Heb “for he”; the referent (the man who made the accusation) has been specified in the translation to avoid confusion with the young woman’s father, the last-mentioned male.
[22:19] 6 tn Heb “brought forth a bad name.”
[22:21] 7 tn The Hebrew term נְבָלָה (nÿvalah) means more than just something stupid. It refers to a moral lapse so serious as to jeopardize the whole covenant community (cf. Gen 34:7; Judg 19:23; 20:6, 10; Jer 29:23). See C. Pan, NIDOTTE 3:11-13. Cf. NAB “she committed a crime against Israel.”
[22:21] 8 tn Heb “burn.” See note on Deut 21:21.