Deuteronomy 22:23, Deuteronomy 22:24 NIV

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 22:23

If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband ,.... But not married, not as yet brought home to her husband's house, and the marriage consummated; for the Jews distinguish between being betrothed or espoused, and married; and generally there was some time between the one and the other. And a wife was obtained in this way by three things; by money, which was the most usual; and by writing, which was to be done before witnesses, and with her consent; and by copulation, which,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:23

Verse 23 23.If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed. The severity of the punishment is now extended further, and a betrothed woman is counted as a wife; and this for a very good reason, because she has plighted her troth, and it is a token of abandoned incontinency for the mind of a woman to be so alienated from the man to whom she is betrothed, as to prostitute her virginity to another’s embraces. But since one who has been ravished is not criminal, a woman is absolved if she be forced in a... 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

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

Deuteronomy 22:23, Deuteronomy 22:24 Niv

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 22:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:13-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:13-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:13-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:22-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:22-30

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 22:1-30

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