Deuteronomio 22:21

21 entonces la sacarán a la puerta de la casa de su padre, y la apedrearán con piedras los hombres de su ciudad, y morirá; por cuanto hizo locura en Israel fornicando en casa de su padre; así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti

Deuteronomio 22:21 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:21

Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her
father's house
For his greater disgrace, and as a sort of punishment for his neglect of her education, not taking care to instruct her, and bring her up in a better manner:

and the men of her city shall stone her with stones, that she die;
which was the death this sort of adulteresses were put to; others was by strangling, and the daughter of a priest was to be burnt; see ( Leviticus 20:10 ) ( 21:9 ) , which shows that this sin was committed by her after her espousals, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra note; or otherwise it would have been only simple fornication, which was not punishable with death:

because she hath wrought folly in Israel:
a sin, as all sin is folly, and especially any notorious one, as this was; and which is aggravated by its being done in Israel, among a people professing the true religion, and whom God had chosen and separated from all others to be a holy people to himself:

to play the whore in her father's house;
where she continued after her espousals, until she was taken to the house of her husband, to consummate the: marriage; and between the one and the other was this sin committed, and which is another reason for her execution at the door of her father's house:

so shalt thou put evil away from among you;
deter others from it by such an example, and remove the guilt of it from them, which otherwise would lie upon them, if punishment was not inflicted; the Targum of Jonathan interprets it of the putting away of her that did the evil.

Deuteronomio 22:21 In-Context

19 y le han de multar en cien ciclos de plata, los cuales darán al padre de la joven, por cuanto esparció mala fama sobre una virgen de Israel; y la ha de tener por mujer, y no podrá despedirla en todos sus días

20 Mas si este negocio fue verdad, que no se hubiere hallado pruebas de virginidad para la joven

21 entonces la sacarán a la puerta de la casa de su padre, y la apedrearán con piedras los hombres de su ciudad, y morirá; por cuanto hizo locura en Israel fornicando en casa de su padre; así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti

22 Cuando se sorprendiere alguno acostado con mujer casada con marido, ambos morirán, el varón que se acostó con la mujer, y la mujer; así quitarás el mal de Israel

23 Cuando fuere joven virgen desposada con alguno, y alguno la hallare en la ciudad, y se acostare con ella