16. Her father will say, “I let my daughter marry this man, but he started hating her
17. and accusing her of not being a virgin. But he is wrong, because here is proof that she was a virgin!” Then the bride's parents will show them the bed sheet from the woman's wedding night.
18. The town leaders will beat the man with a whip
19. because he accused his bride of not being a virgin. He will have to pay her father one hundred pieces of silver and will never be allowed to divorce her.
20. But if the man was right and there is no proof that his bride was a virgin,
21. the men of the town will take the woman to the door of her father's house and stone her to death.This woman brought evil into your community by sleeping with someone before she got married, and you must get rid of that evil by killing her.
22. People of Israel, if a man is caught having sex with someone else's wife, you must put them both to death. That way, you will get rid of the evil they have done in Israel.