Deuteronomy 22:15

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15 then shall the father of the young lady, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the young lady's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate;


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By Alexander Payne

Verse 15. Then shall careful inquiry be made by the cardinal introductory truths of the Church into the principles of good and truth from which the affection originated; these shall show whether it was joined to evil or no: [Note. —The elders which sit at the gate seem to signify here the doctrines which discriminate between the things which enter into the mind by examination into the motives from which they spring.]