Linton Global
Bible Research Suite
Positive commandment 219 of 248

That one who defames his wife’s honour (by false charges of inchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

That one who defames his wife’s honour (by false charges of inchastity before marriage) must live with her all his lifetime, as it is said, “And she shall be his wife (he may not put her away all his days)” (Deut. 22:19).

Deuteronomy 22:19

KJV
And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
ASV
and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
WEB
They shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. She shall be his wife. He may not put her away all his days.
JPS
And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.