Deuteronomio 22:23

23 »Supongamos que un hombre conoce a una joven virgen que está comprometida para casarse y tiene relaciones sexuales con ella. Si tal cosa sucediera dentro de una ciudad,

Deuteronomio 22:23 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:23

If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband,
&c.] But not married, not as yet brought home to her husband's house, and the marriage consummated; for the Jews distinguish between being betrothed or espoused, and married; and generally there was some time between the one and the other. And a wife was obtained in this way by three things; by money, which was the most usual; and by writing, which was to be done before witnesses, and with her consent; and by copulation, which, though valid, was not so much approved of ^F1. There is a whole treatise in the Misnah, called Kiddushin, or Espousals, which largely treats of this matter:

and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
with her consent, as might be presumed by her not crying out, when, had she, she might have been heard, being in a city; and her being there also makes against her, since, being betrothed to a man, she ought to have abode in her father's house till her husband fetched her home, and not to have gadded abroad in the city, where she was exposed to temptation.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Misn. Kiddushin, c. 1. sect. 1.

Deuteronomio 22:23 In-Context

21 Entonces la llevarán a la puerta de la casa de su padre, y allí los hombres de la ciudad la matarán a pedradas, porque ha cometido un delito vergonzoso en Israel: ha sido promiscua mientras vivía en la casa de sus padres. De ese modo limpiarás esa maldad que hay en medio de ti.

22 »Si se descubre que un hombre comete adulterio, tanto él como la mujer deben morir. De ese modo limpiarás a Israel de semejante maldad.

23 »Supongamos que un hombre conoce a una joven virgen que está comprometida para casarse y tiene relaciones sexuales con ella. Si tal cosa sucediera dentro de una ciudad,

24 deberás llevarlos a ambos hasta las puertas de esa ciudad y matarlos a pedradas. La mujer es culpable por no gritar para pedir ayuda. El hombre debe morir por violar a la mujer de otro hombre. De ese modo limpiarás esa maldad que hay en medio de ti.

25 »Pero si el hombre encuentra en el campo a la mujer comprometida y la viola, entonces solo el hombre debe morir.