Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, &#8216;I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,&#8217; but this is the evidence of my daughter&#8217;s virginity!&#8221; The cloth must then be spread out<n id="1" /> before the city&#8217;s elders.

<p class="bodytext">But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,

Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity<n id="1" /> for the elders of the city at the gate.

accusing her of impropriety<n id="1" /> and defaming her reputation<n id="2" /> by saying, &#8220;I married this woman but when I had sexual relations<n id="3" /> with her I discovered she was not a virgin!&#8221;