Deuteronomy 22:22

(2) ADULTERY (Deuteronomy 22:22)

22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.

THOUGHT QUESTIONS 22:22

377.

So much is left to the imagination in the circumstances here described. If a girl, even one who is betrothed finds a boy she likes better than her betrothed, why not marry him?

378.

Did the man of Deuteronomy 22:23 have a personal interest in the damsel?

379.

Compare John 8:5 for a possible example. Who is missing?

380.

Supposing the girl in the field consented to the action, how shall this be handled?

AMPLIFIED TRANSLATION 22:22

22 If a man is found lying with another man's wife, they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

COMMENT 22:22

See also Deuteronomy 5:18, Leviticus 20:10. Both were to die, as both were guilty. (Compare the case of the woman taken in adulterynote John 8:5. Where was her partner?)