Deuteronomio 22:23

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

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 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 vileza en Israel fornicando en casa de su padre; así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti.

22 Cuando se sorprendiere alguno echado 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 echare con ella;

24 entonces los sacaréis a ambos a la puerta de aquella ciudad, y los apedrearéis con piedras, y morirán; la joven porque no dio voces en la ciudad, y el hombre porque forzó a la mujer de su prójimo; así quitarás el mal de en medio de ti.

25 Mas si el hombre halló la joven desposada en la campo, y él la tomare, y se echare con ella, morirá sólo el hombre que con ella se habrá echado;