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Deuteronomy 22:24

then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn’t cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor’s wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn’t cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor’s wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

  • KJV King James Version

    Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die: the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; so thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:14 It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she desires; but you shall not sell her at all for money. You shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.
  • Deuteronomy 22:21-22 then they shall bring out the young lady to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father’s house. So you shall remove the evil from among you. If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel.
  • 1 Corinthians 5:13 But those who are outside, God judges. “Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.”
  • Genesis 29:21 Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”
  • Deuteronomy 13:5 That prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you aside out of the way which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
  • Matthew 1:20 But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
  • Matthew 1:24 Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
  • 1 Corinthians 5:2 You are arrogant, and didn’t mourn instead, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.

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Explain this verse (9 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, defiled.

Or, defiled.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 22:24 Then ye shall bring them both out…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Because she cried not; and therefore is justly presumed…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But if a man find a betrothed damsel in…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain She cried not - And therefore is justly presumed…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 22:24-27. She cried not — And therefore is…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Wife. After the woman was espoused, (ver. 23,) she…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. bring them both out unto the gate of…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:24 Because betrothal was tantamount to marriage in the…

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