New International Reader's Version

Deuteronomy 22:10-18 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

10. Don't let an ox and a donkey pull the same plow together.

11. Don't wear clothes made of wool and linen that are woven together.

12. Make tassels on the four corners of the coat you wear.

13. Suppose a man gets married to a woman and makes love to her. But then he doesn't like her.

14. So he tells lies about her and says she's a bad woman. He says, "I got married to this woman. But when I made love to her, I discovered she wasn't a virgin."

15. Then the woman's parents must bring proof that she was a virgin. They must give the proof to the elders at the gate of the town.

16. The woman's father will speak to the elders. He'll say, "I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But he doesn't like her.

17. So now he has told lies about her. He has said, 'I discovered that your daughter wasn't a virgin.' But here's the proof that my daughter was a virgin." Then her parents will show the elders of the town the cloth that has her blood on it.

18. The elders will punish the man.