Deuteronomy 22:17

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Deuteronomy 22:17 (WEB)
Behold, he has accused her of shameful things, saying, ‘I didn’t find in your daughter the tokens of virginity;’ and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity.” They shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

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Tertullian, On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11
“And accordingly, among Israel, it is unlawful to deliver one to a husband except after the attestation by blood of her maturity; thus, before this indication, the nature is unripe.” — editor's note: See Deut. xxii. 13–21.
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Genesis 2:25
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.
Genesis 3:7
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.
Genesis 24:64
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.
Genesis 24:65
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

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VerseGenesis 2:25
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VerseGenesis 3:7
via On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11
VerseGenesis 24:64
via On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11
VerseGenesis 24:65
via On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11

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PassageOn the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11

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