Deuteronomy 22:18

18 and the elders shall take the man and punish him.

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Deuteronomy 22:18 in Other Translations

KJV

18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

ESV

18 Then the elders of that city shall take the man and whip him,

NLT

18 The elders must then take the man and punish him.

MSG

18 The town leaders then are to take the husband, whip him,

CSB

18 Then the elders of that city will take the man and punish him.

Deuteronomy 22:18 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:18

And the elders of that city shall take the man, and chastise
him.
] Not with words, but blows. Jarchi interprets it of beating, and so does the Talmud ^F24; and both the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it,

``shall beat him;''

that is, with the beating or scourging of forty stripes, save one.

FOOTNOTES:

F24 T. Bab. Cetubot, fol. 46. 1.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 22:18 In-Context

16 Her father will say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her.

17 Now he has slandered her and said, ‘I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.’ But here is the proof of my daughter’s virginity.” Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town,

18 and the elders shall take the man and punish him.

19 They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

20 If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,

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1. Exodus 18:21; Deuteronomy 1:9-18

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