New American Standard Bible 2020
Deuteronomy 22:16-29
16And the girl’s father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he 1turned against her; 17and behold, he has charged her with shameful behavior, saying, “I did not find your daughter to have evidence of virginity.” But 2this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread out the garment before the elders of the city. 18Then 3the elders of that city shall take the man and rebuke him, 19and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father, because he 4publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he is not allowed to 5divorce her all his days.
20“But if this 67charge is true, and they did not find the girl to have evidence of virginity, 21then they shall bring the girl out to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her 8to death, because she has 9committed a disgraceful sin in Israel by playing the prostitute in her father’s house; so 10you shall eliminate the evil from among you.
22“11If a man is found sleeping with a married woman, then both of them shall die, the man who slept with the woman, and the woman; so you shall eliminate the evil from Israel.
23“12If there is a girl who is a virgin 13betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps with her, 24then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them 14to death: the girl, because she did not cry out for help though she was in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.
25“But if the man finds the girl who is betrothed in the field, and the man seizes her and 15rapes her, then only the man who 16raped her shall die. 26And you are not to do anything to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, 17so is this case. 27When he found her in the field, the betrothed girl 18cried out, but there was no one to save her.
28“19If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and has sexual relations with her, and they are discovered, 29then the man who had sexual relations with her shall give the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife, because he has violated her; he is not allowed to divorce her all his days.
Notes
- 1. Deuteronomy 22:16 Lit hated her ↩
- 2. Deuteronomy 22:17 Lit these are ↩
- 3. Deuteronomy 22:18 Ex 18:21; Deut 1:9-18 ↩
- 4. Deuteronomy 22:19 Lit brought out an evil reputation against a virgin ↩
- 5. Deuteronomy 22:19 Lit send her away ↩
- 6. Deuteronomy 22:20 Lit matter ↩
- 7. Deuteronomy 22:20 Deut 17:4 ↩
- 8. Deuteronomy 22:21 Lit with stones so that she dies ↩
- 9. Deuteronomy 22:21 Gen 34:7; Lev 19:29; 21:9; Deut 23:17, 18; Judg 20:5-10; 2 Sam 13:12, 13 ↩
- 10. Deuteronomy 22:21 Deut 13:5; 17:7; 19:19 ↩
- 11. Deuteronomy 22:22 Lev 20:10; Ezek 16:38; Matt 5:27, 28; John 8:5; 1 Cor 6:9; Heb 13:4 ↩
- 12. Deuteronomy 22:23 Lev 19:20-22; Matt 1:18, 19 ↩
- 13. Deuteronomy 22:23 A betrothed couple was considered legally married, but did not yet live together ↩
- 14. Deuteronomy 22:24 Lit with stones so that they die ↩
- 15. Deuteronomy 22:25 Lit lies down with ↩
- 16. Deuteronomy 22:25 Lit lies down with ↩
- 17. Deuteronomy 22:26 I.e., she is only a victim ↩
- 18. Deuteronomy 22:27 I.e., presumably did so ↩
- 19. Deuteronomy 22:28 Ex 22:16 ↩
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
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