Deuteronomy 22:13

Purity in the Marriage Relationship

22:13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, ¹  and then rejects ²  her,

Deuteronomy 22:18

22:18 The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish ³  him.

¹ tn Heb “goes to her,” a Hebrew euphemistic idiom for sexual relations.

² tn Heb “hate.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15. Cf. NAB “comes to dislike”; NASB “turns against”; TEV “decides he doesn’t want.”

³ tn Heb “discipline.”