16. The girl’s father must say to the leaders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, but now he does not want her.
17. This man accused my daughter of doing wrong and said, “I did not find the proof that your daughter is a virgin.” But here is the proof that my daughter was a virgin.’ Then they should show the cloth to the town leaders.
18. Then the leaders of that town must take that man and punish him.
19. They must fine him 40 ounces of silver. They will give the money to the girl’s father because her husband brought shame to an Israelite girl. And the girl will continue to be the man’s wife. He cannot divorce her for the rest of his life.
20. “But what the husband said about his wife might be true. The wife’s parents might not have the proof that she was a virgin. If this happens,
21. the town leaders must bring the girl to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of the town must kill her with stones, because she has done a shameful thing in Israel. She has acted like a prostitute in her father’s house. You must remove this evil from your group.
22. “If a man is found having sexual relations with another man’s wife, both of them must die—the woman and the man who had sexual relations with her. You must remove this evil from Israel.
23. “A man might meet a virgin girl engaged to another man. He might have sexual relations with her. If this happens in the city,
24. you must bring them both out to the public place near the gate of that city, and you must kill them with stones. You must kill the man, because he used another man’s wife for sexual sin. And you must kill the girl, because she was in the city but did not call for help. You must remove this evil from your people.
25. “But if a man finds an engaged girl out in the field and forces her to have sexual relations with him, only the man must die.