Deuteronomy 22:23–27. PURITY OF THE BETROTHED.

His neighbour’s wife. —It is evident from the l…

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 w…

If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband ,
&c.] But not married, not as yet brought home to her hus…

These and similar regulations might have been necessary then, and yet it is not necessary that we scrupulously examine them. The laws relate to the…