Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Deuteronomy 22:25
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, overcome her by main strength, and lie with her, then the man only that lay with her shall die;
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, overcome her by main strength, and lie with her, then the man only that lay with her shall die;
Verse Deuteronomy 22:25. _AND THE MAN FORCE HER_] A _rape_ also, by these ancient institutions, was punished with death, because a woman's honour was considered equally as precious as her life; there...
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BUT IF IN THE FIELD _the man find_, etc.] So the emphatic Heb. order. _Field_here in its wider and probably earlier sense, of the uncultivated, therefore uninhabited, land. So Deuteronomy 22:27; Deut...
Of Intercourse with a Betrothed Virgin: (1) Deuteronomy 22:23 f., with her consent, in which case both she and the man are stoned, as in the case of Adultery (Deuteronomy 22:22), for the bride-price h...
Six Laws on Cases of Unchastity Of these the first five prescribe the procedure in criminal cases: 1st. Of a Husband's Charges against His Bride (Deuteronomy 22:13-21); 2nd. Of Adultery (Deuteronomy...
(3) DEFILEMENT OF A MAIDEN BETROTHED (Deuteronomy 22:23-27) 23 If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; 24 then ye shall bring...
_BUT IF A MAN FIND A BETROTHED DAMSEL IN THE FIELD, AND THE MAN FORCE HER, AND LIE WITH HER: THEN THE MAN ONLY THAT LAY WITH HER SHALL DIE:_ If a man find a betrothed damsel. If a young woman was sed...
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DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 22 V1 ‘You may see that your neighbour’s *ox or sheep is loose. If you do, you must not avoid i...
Deuteronomy 22:23. PURITY OF THE BETROTHED. (24) HIS NEIGHBOUR’S WIFE. — It is evident from the language of this precept that a betrothed virgin in Israel is regarded as _a wife._ The man who humbles...
וְֽ אִם ־בַּ † שָּׂדֶ֞ה יִמְצָ֣א הָ...
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Here we have the record of the laws conditioning life in love and neighborliness. Every man was enjoined to take care of his brother's lost things if he found them; and he was also to help the hurt an...
_Hold. Septuagint, "offering violence," as also [in] ver. 28. (Haydock) --- Die. Moses supposes that the woman in the field had made all possible resistance, and that the one in the city had, by silen...
Some of the laws in this book of Leviticus, were before given: Leviticus 20:10. The repetition in this place, only serves to intimate their importance. And it is a very solemn consideration, equally i...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...
BUT IF A MAN FIND A BETROTHED DAMSEL IN THE FIELD,.... Alone, and where she might cry out, and none hear, nor were any to help her: AND A MAN FORCE HER, AND LIE WITH HER; or "take fast and strong hol...
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: Ver. 25. _And the man force her, and lie with her._] It was...
_She cried not_ And therefore is justly presumed to have consented to it. _As when a man riseth against his neighbour, even so is this matter_ Not an act of choice, but of force and constraint. _The d...
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FORCE HER: Or, take strong hold of her...
13-30 These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint...
THE MAN FORCE HER; which was to be examined and determined by the consideration of all the circumstances....
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
Deuteronomy 22:25 man H376 finds H4672 (H8799) betrothed H781 (H8794) woman H5291 countryside H7704 man H376
DEALING WITH THE RAPE OF A BETROTHED WOMAN (DEUTERONOMY 22:25). Deuteronomy 22:25 ‘ But if the man find the young woman who is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then th...
DEALING WITH SEXUAL MISBEHAVIOUR (DEUTERONOMY 22:22). Various aspect of sexual misbehaviour are dealt with in this passage with the most heinous at the beginning and the end. Analysis using the word...
CONTENTS: Law of brotherhood, separation, unchaste wives and husbands. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Christianity teaches us to be neighborly and to be ready to do all good offices as we have...
Deuteronomy 22:5. _All that do so are abomination to the Lord._ The note of Maimonides here is, that men presenting themselves before Venus, appeared partially in female attire; and women presenting t...
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EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST, THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES, THE TAKING OF BIRDS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF
Now in chapter twenty-two, now in those days they punished people for none involvement. If you saw your brother's ox or his sheep going astray, and you just try to ignore it: [you don't go out and get...
2 Samuel 13:14...