Deuteronomy 22:29. Shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels Besides the dowry, as Philo, the learned Jew, notes, which is here omitted, because that was customary, it being sufficient here to mention what was peculiar to this case. She shall be his wife He was not at liberty to refuse her, if her father consented to his marrying her, and he was deprived of the privilege of ever divorcing her. read more
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
betrothed. This, taken with "wife" (Deuteronomy 22:24 ) ex plains Matthew 1:19 , Matthew 1:20 . read more
wife. See note on Deuteronomy 22:23 , above. read more
as = according as. him = his soul. Hebrew. nephesh ( App-13 ). read more
skirt. Put by Figure of speech Euphemy ( App-6 ), for nakedness. Compare Leviticus 18:7 , Leviticus 18:8 ; Leviticus 20:11 . read more
"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; then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them to death with stones; the damsel because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee."But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her; then the man only that... read more
"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
"A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt."This type of incest was not even tolerated among pagan cultures (1 Corinthians 5:1). The thing forbidden here is the taking of a father's wife (not the sinner's mother), as in the case of Reuben and his adultery with Bilhah. This prohibition is also in Leviticus 18:7ff, which see for additional comment. read more
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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