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Betrothal's Sacred Bond
Commentators explain that in ancient Israel, a betrothed woman was legally regarded as a wife. This commitment was so serious that infidelity during betrothal was treated as adultery. Scholar Charles Ellicott notes this law illuminates the story in Matthew 1, where Joseph, though only betrothed to Mary, considered her his wife and planned to divorce her before the angel's intervention.
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Deuteronomy
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Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 22:23–27
19th Century
Bishop
Deuteronomy 22:23–27. PURITY OF THE BETROTHED.
His neighbour’s wife. —It is evident from the l…
John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 22:23
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 22:23
17th Century
Pastor
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband ,
&c.] But not married, not as yet brought home to her hus…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 22:13–30
17th Century
Minister
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…