Deuteronomy 22:21-22
New English Translation
21 the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing[a] in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge[b] the evil from among you.
22 If a man is discovered in bed with[c] a married woman,[d] both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge[e] the evil from Israel.
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- Deuteronomy 22:21 tn The Hebrew term נְבָלָה (nevalah) means more than just something stupid. It refers to a moral lapse so serious as to jeopardize the whole covenant community (cf. Gen 34:7; Judg 19:23; 20:6, 10; Jer 29:23). See C. Pan, NIDOTTE 3:11-13. Cf. NAB “she committed a crime against Israel.”
- Deuteronomy 22:21 tn Heb “burn.” See note on Deut 21:21.
- Deuteronomy 22:22 tn Heb “lying down with.” The verb שָׁכַב (shakhav) “to lie down” can be a euphemism for going to bed for sexual relations.
- Deuteronomy 22:22 tn Heb “a woman married to a husband.”
- Deuteronomy 22:22 tn Heb “burn.” See note on the phrase “purge out” in Deut 21:21.
Deuteronomy 22:21-22
King James Version
21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
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