Deuteronomy 22:17
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
The verse stands within the special instructions and directions given by Moses in Deuteronomy 18-26. That portion sets forth great principles by which questions are to be decided. It also repeats various laws for the government of Israel and for the regulation of their worship.