Deuteronomy 4:12

4:12 Then the Lord spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything – only a voice was heard. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 22:17

22:17 Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, ‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out ²  before the city’s elders.

Deuteronomy 22:14

22:14 accusing her of impropriety ³  and defaming her reputation ⁴  by saying, “I married this woman but when I had sexual relations ⁵  with her I discovered she was not a virgin!”

[4:12]  ¹ tn The words “was heard” are supplied in the translation to avoid the impression that the voice was seen.

[22:17]  ² tn Heb “they will spread the garment.”

[22:14]  ³ tn Heb “deeds of things”; NRSV “makes up charges against her”; NIV “slanders her.”

[22:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “brings against her a bad name”; NIV “gives her a bad name.”

[22:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “drew near to her.” This is another Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations.