Deuteronomy 22:25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:13-30

These laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint by laying a penalty upon those fleshly lusts which war against the soul. I. If a man, lusting after another woman, to get rid of his wife slander her and falsely accuse her, as not having the virginity she pretended to when he married her, upon the disproof of his slander he must be punished, Deut. 22:13-19. What the meaning of that evidence is by which the husband's accusation was to be proved false the learned are not agreed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:25

But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field ,.... Alone, and where she might cry out, and none hear, nor were any to help her: and a man force her, and lie with her ; or "take fast and strong hold on her" F2 והחזיק בה "et apprehenderit (in) eam", Pagninus, Montanus; "et apprehendens eam", Piscator. ; so that she is not able to get out of his hands, and make her escape, he being stronger than she, and so commits a rape upon her: then the man only that lay with her shall... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:25

And the man force her - A rape also, by these ancient institutions, was punished with death, because a woman's honor was considered equally as precious as her life; therefore the same punishment was inflicted on the ravisher as upon the murderer. This offense is considered in the same point of view in the British laws, and by them also it is punished with death. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

Divine care for sexual honor. In these, as in so many of the precepts of this book, we find civil precepts invested with religious sanctions. Nothing is more important for the honorable maintenance of social life, than that both men and women should honor each other's sex as well as their own. Those that do otherwise are an abomination to the Lord their God. There are five or six different cases supposed in the verses referred to at the heading of this Homily: Such sins would have been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:13-29

The laws in this section have the design of fostering purity and fidelity in the relation of the sexes, and also of protecting the female against the malice of sated lust and the violence of brutal lust. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:13-30

Chastity. The Mosaic Law is strict and stern in its requirement of purity in all that pertains to the marriage relation. Its strictness, however, is united with a fine sense of justice, and its shield is, as usual, extended for the protection of the innocent. I. THE DEFAMED WIFE . ( Deuteronomy 22:13-19 .) No act can be conceived more cruel or dastardly than that of a man who groundlessly assails his wife's character, accusing her of ante-nuptial unchastity. As the matter was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:13-30

Expedients to secure purity. We have here various wise expedients to control the licentiousness of the people, and secure, so far as possible, social purity. I. DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER WAS SEVERELY PUNISHED . A husband could not, with impunity, defame a newly married wife; for should there be proof forthcoming that his charge was false, he was to be publicly chastised, to pay a fine of one hundred shekels of silver to his father-in-law, whoso good name and peace he had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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