Deuteronomy 22:24 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

you must take both of them to the gates of that town and stone them to death. The woman is guilty because she did not scream for help. The man must die because he violated another man’s wife. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

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

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

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Then you shall bring them both out unto the gate of the city ,
&c.] Where the fact was committed; the Targum of Jona…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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…