Deuteronomy 22:13

13 "If a man takes a woman and {he has sex with her}, but [he] then {dislikes 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 "You shall not wear woven material [made of] wool and linen [mixed] together.

12 "You shall make tassels for yourselves on the four corners of your clothing with which you cover [yourself].

13 "If a man takes a woman and {he has sex with her}, but [he] then {dislikes her},

14 and {he accuses her falsely}, and {he defames her}, and he says 'This woman I took and I lay with her and {I discovered that she was not a virgin},'

15 then [in defense] the father of the young woman shall take, along with her mother, and [together] they must bring out the [evidence of] the virginity of the young woman [to display it] to the elders of the city {at the city gate}.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "and he goes unto her"
• [b]. Literally "hates her"