Deuteronomy 22:23

Deuteronomy 22:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
• New International Version (NIV)If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,

Context of Deuteronomy 22:23

21If so, the leaders must take her to the entrance of her father's house. The men of the town must throw stones at her there, until she dies. She has done a very bad thing that brings shame on Israel. She has had sex like a prostitute while she lived in her father's house. You must remove evil acts like this from among you. 22You may discover a man who is having sex with another man's wife. If so, you must punish both the man and the woman with death. In this way, you will remove such evil acts from Israel. Perhaps a man may meet a young woman in a town. She has already promised to marry another man, but the man has sex with her. 24If so, you must take both of them to the gate of that town. You must throw stones at both of them there, until they die. The young woman is guilty because she did not shout aloud for help. They were in the town, so someone would have heard her. The man is guilty because he had sex with the future wife of another man. In this way, you will remove evil acts from among you. 25But perhaps a man may meet a young woman in a field in the country. She has already promised to marry another man. But the man is stronger than her and he has sex with her. If that happens, only the man must die.

Deuteronomy 22:23 word by word

כִּ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה בְתוּלָ֔ה מְאֹרָשָׂ֖ה לְאִ֑ישׁ וּמְצָאָ֥הּ אִ֛ישׁ בָּעִ֖יר וְשָׁכַ֥ב עִמָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If a damselנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• a virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• be betrothedאָרַשׂ'âraώ · to betrothH781
• unto an husbandאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• her in the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: have sexH7901

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:23

• Deuteronomy 20:7Has anyone promised to marry a woman? If he has not married her yet, he may go home too. If not, he may die in the battle. Then another man will marry her.’
• Matthew 1:18This is how Jesus Christ was born. His mother's name was Mary. She had promised to marry a man called Joseph. Then she discovered that she was pregnant. This happened before they started to live together. It was the Holy Spirit that caused this to happen to her.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:23

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-30Verses 13-30 These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-3013-30. If a man take a wife, &c.--The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet, it is not necessary that we should curiously and impertinently inquire into them. So far was it from being unworthy of God to leave such things upon record, that the enactments must heighten our admiration of His wisdom and goodness in the management of a people so perverse and so given to irregular passions. Nor is…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 22:23

• Adultery
• Church
• Punishment
• Seduction
• Virgin
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Astray
• Chance
• Fornication
• Husband
• Rise
• Adultery
• Atonement, Day of
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• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings