Deuteronomy 22:25-28 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:22-29

Four cases are here distinguished. 1. That of a married woman who has been unfaithful; in this case both the woman and her paramour are, when detected, to be put to death ( Deuteronomy 22:22 ). 2. That of a virgin betrothed who is assailed in a town, where she might have cried for protection, but did not; in this case also both were to be punished with death as adulterers ( Deuteronomy 22:23 , Deuteronomy 22:24 ). 3. That of a virgin betrothed who has been forcibly violated... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:22-30

Various penalties for unchastity. Purity in domestic life is at the root of national prosperity. I. THE NEGLECT OF VIRTUE 'S SAFEGUARDS IS GUILT . ( Deuteronomy 22:24 .) If a sentinel recklessly leave open a portal in the beleaguered city, it is treason; it is as if he had betrayed his king. To see a house on flame, and to give no warning, is to become accountable for the destruction of a city. To neglect the physician's counsel in time of disease is to be guilty of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 22:24-27

Deuteronomy 22:24-27. She cried not And therefore is justly presumed to have consented to it. As when a man riseth against his neighbour, even so is this matter Not an act of choice, but of force and constraint. The damsel cried Which is in that case to be presumed; charity obliging us to believe the best, till the contrary be manifest. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

Laws of love and purity (22:1-30)A collection of miscellaneous laws reminds the people of some everyday responsibilities. They had to go out of their way to help others (22:1-4); they were not to dress in a way that would encourage immorality (5); they were to be thoughtful for the safety of others, birds and animals as well as people (6-8); and they were not to restrict the productivity of their crops through wrong practices, or shorten the lives of their working animals through cruelty... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 22:26

as = according as. him = his soul. Hebrew. nephesh ( App-13 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:28

"If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days."For further comment on this see under Exodus 22:16. Notice that in all of these regulations betrothal is EQUIVALENT to marriage. Under the Jewish customs, betrothal was, in fact, marriage,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 22:26

Ver. 26. As when a man riseth against his neighbour, &c.— Chastity, say Grotius and Louis de Dieu, is as valuable as life: hence, the depriving another of life in its defence, has been deemed just by the most sensible nations. See Seneca de Beneficiis, lib. 1: cap. 11 and Paulus, Sentent. 5: tit. 23. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 22:13-30

The marriage relationship 22:13-30Moses considered seven types of cases in these verses.The first case (Deuteronomy 22:13-19) is of a man who marries a woman and then falsely charges her with being a harlot (not being a virgin when he married her). If the girl could prove her virginity, her husband would have to pay a large fine (cf. 2 Samuel 24:24) to her father and remain married to the girl. Note that his law clarifies that God permitted divorce among the Israelites in some situations... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

Laws regarding Lost Property, Distinction of Sex in Apparel, and Chastity1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note.5. ’God is not the author of confusion,’ and the natural distinctions He Himself has appointed ought to be respected. Whatever contravenes the law of nature contravenes the law of God: cp. the principle laid down by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:3-16. Immodesty leads to immorality. There may be an allusion here to the unchaste practices connected with certain idolatrous... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 22:23-27

Deuteronomy 22:23-27. PURITY OF THE BETROTHED.(24) His neighbour’s wife.—It is evident from the language of this precept that a betrothed virgin in Israel is regarded as a wife. The man who humbles her “hath humbled his neighbour’s wife.” This illustrates the language of Matthew 1:0 Joseph, when Mary was found with child, sought to put her away (as though she were already his wife). The angel said to him, “Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife.” He “took unto him... read more