Deuteronomy 22:24

Deuteronomy 22:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
• New International Version (NIV)you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the young woman because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he humbled his neighbor’s wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

Context of Deuteronomy 22:24

22“If 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“If there is a girl who is a virgin betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them to 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 rapes her, then only the man who raped 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, so is this case.

Deuteronomy 22:24 word by word

וְהוֹצֵאתֶ֨ם אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶ֜ם אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר׀ הָעִ֣יר הַהִ֗וא וּסְקַלְתֶּ֨ם אֹתָ֥ם בָּאֲבָנִים֮ וָמֵתוּ֒ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ה עַל־דְּבַר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־צָעֲקָ֣ה בָעִ֔יר וְאֶ֨ת־הָאִ֔ישׁ עַל־דְּבַ֥ר אֲשֶׁר־עִנָּ֖ה אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֑הוּ וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ סRead the interlinear

• then you shall bringיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• them bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• to the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of that cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and you shall stoneסָקַלsâqal · to stoneH5619
• and you shall stoneאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• to deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• the girlנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• becauseעַל‛al · uponH5921
• becauseדָּבָרdâbâr · word: caseH1697
• becauseאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• she did not cryצָעַקtsâ‛aq · to cryH6817
• and the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• he has violatedעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031
• his neighbor’sרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• So you shall eliminateבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: purgeH1197
• the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• from amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:24

• Deuteronomy 21:14But it shall be, if you are not pleased with her, then you shall let her go wherever she wishes; and you certainly shall not sell her for money, you shall not treat her as merchandise, since you have humiliated her.
• Genesis 29:21Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I may have relations with her.”
• Matthew 1:20But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
• Deuteronomy 22:21then they shall bring the girl out to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death, because she has committed a disgraceful sin in Israel by playing the prostitute in her father’s house; so you shall eliminate the evil from among you.
• Deuteronomy 13:5But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken falsely against the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to drive you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.
• 1 Corinthians 5:2You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:24

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24In the Old Testament, betrothal (a formal promise to marry) was treated like marriage. Because of this, the phrase his neighbor's wife in this passage can refer to a woman who was engaged to be married.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 22:24

• Adultery
• Church
• Punishment
• Seduction
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• Women

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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