Deuteronomy 22:13

13 A man might marry a woman, sleep with her, and decide he doesn't like her.

Deuteronomy 22:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:13

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her.
] That is, marries a wife, and cohabits with her as man and wife, and after some time dislikes her, and is desirous of parting with her, and therefore takes the following wicked method to obtain it: this is to be understood of a virgin taken to wife, as the Targum of Jonathan explains it; and what follows confirms it.

Deuteronomy 22:13 In-Context

11 Never wear clothes made of wool and linen woven together.
12 Make tassels on the four corners of the shawl you wear over your clothes.
13 A man might marry a woman, sleep with her, and decide he doesn't like her.
14 Then he might make up charges against her and ruin her reputation by saying, "I married this woman. But when I slept with her, I found out she wasn't a virgin."
15 The girl's father and mother must go to the city gate where the leaders of the city are and submit the evidence that their daughter was a virgin.
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