16 and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
Deuteronomy 22:16
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Deuteronomy 25:7–9
7 But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.” 8 Then the… 9 …
Deuteronomy 24:1–2
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Genesis 31:49–51
49 It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other. 50 If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.” 51 Laba…
Numbers 5:11–13
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Deuteronomy 21:19–21
19 his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, 20 and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his…
1 Maccabees 11:9–11
9 He sent ambassadors to King Demetrius, saying, “Come! Let’s make a covenant with one another, and I will give you my daughter whom Alexander has, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom; (WEB) 10 for I regret that I gave my daughter to him, for he tried to kill… (WEB) 11 … (WEB)
Testament of Judah 3:3–5
3 Since I also gloried that in wars no comely woman's face ever enticed me, and reproved Reuben my brother concerning Bilhah, the wife of my father, the spirits of jealousy and of fornication arrayed themselves against me, until I lay with Bathshua the Canaanit… (T12)
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