²² So the Adullamite returned to Judah, saying, ‘I couldn’t find her, and besides, the men of the place said, “There has been no cult prostitute here.” ’

²³ Judah replied, ‘Let her keep the items for herself; otherwise we will become a laughing-stock. After all, I did send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.’

²⁴ About three months later Judah was told, ‘Your daughter-in-law, Tamar, has been acting like a prostitute, and now she is pregnant.’

‘Bring her out,’ Judah said, ‘and let her be burned to death! ’^(A)