Deuteronomy 22:22-23

22 "1If a man is found lying with a married * woman, then both * of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.
23 "2If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

Deuteronomy 22:22-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 22

In this chapter are various laws, concerning care of a neighbour's cattle gone astray or in distress, and of anything lost by him, De 22:1-4, forbidding one sex to wear the apparel, of another, De 22:5 and the taking away of the dam with the young found in a bird's nest, De 22:6,7, ordering battlements to be made in a new house, De 22:8, prohibiting mixtures in sowing, ploughing, and in garments, De 22:9-11, requiring fringes on the four quarters of a garment, De 22:12, fining a man that slanders his wife, upon producing the tokens of her virginity, De 22:13-19 but if these cannot be produced, then orders are given that she be put to death, De 22:20-21, then follow other laws, punishing with death the adulterer and adulteress, and one that hath ravished a betrothed damsel, De 22:22-27, amercing a person that lies with a virgin not betrothed and she consenting, and obliging him to marry her, and not suffering him to divorce her, De 22:28-29 and another against a man's lying with his father's wife, De 22:30.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Leviticus 20:10; Ezekiel 16:38; Matthew 5:27, 28; John 8:5; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Hebrews 13:4
  • 2. Leviticus 19:20-22; Matthew 1:18, 19
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