Deuteronomy 22:23
21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
24 you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
25 But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
- 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;
- WEB
- If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her,
- ASV
- If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
- DARBY
- If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her,
- BLB
- If there is a young woman, a virgin, betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,
- ÅB
- Når en pike som er jomfru og er lovet i ekteskap til en mann, og en annen mann treffer henne i byen og ligger hos henne,
- OTB
- Hvis en jomfru som er lovet bort til ekteskap blir funnet i byen av en annen mann, og han ligger med henne,
- B1930
- Når en pike som er jomfru, er trolovet med en mann, og en annen mann treffer henne i byen og ligger hos henne,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 1:18–19
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 20:7
Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
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