John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 22:24

John Gill Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:24

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:24

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"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 thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee." — Deuteronomy 22:24 (ASV)

Then you shall bring them both out unto the gate of the city ,
&c.] Where the fact was committed; the Targum of Jonathan is, ``to the gate of the court of judicature, which is in that city:'' and you shall stone them with stones, that they die ;
a man that lay with a married woman, he and she were to be strangled; but this sort of adulterers and adulteresses were to be stoned, and it is thought that of this sort was the woman spoken of in (John 8:3–5) ,

the damsel because she cried not, being in the city, and the man
because he has humbled his neighbour's wife ;
as she was by espousal, by contract, by promise, and so was guilty of adultery, which was punishable with death:

so you shall put away evil from among you ;
see (Deuteronomy 22:21Deuteronomy 22:22) .