16. “And the girl’s father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as wife, and he hates her.
17. ‘And see, he has made abusive charges against her, saying, “I did not find your daughter a maiden,” and yet these are the proofs of my daughter’s maidenhood.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
18. “And the elders of that city shall take that man and punish him,
19. and fine him one hundred pieces of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought an evil name on a maiden of Yisra’ĕl. And she is to be his wife, he is not allowed to put her away all his days.
20. “But if the matter is true, that the girl was not found a maiden,