Deuteronomy 22:13

Violations of Proper Sexual Conduct

13 "If a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and comes to hate 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 Do not wear clothes made of both wool and linen.

12 Make tassels on the four corners of the outer garment you wear.

13 "If a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and comes to hate her,

14 and accuses [her] of shameful conduct, and gives her a bad name, saying, 'I married this woman and was intimate with her, but I didn't find [any] evidence of her virginity,'

15 the young woman's father and mother will take the evidence of her virginity and bring [it] to the city elders at the gate.