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Deuteronomy 22:21 Cross-References

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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.

Deuteronomy 22:21 (KJV)

Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:21

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—the death penalty for proven premarital unchastity, executed at the father's house to symbolize familial shame. Saqal ba-'avanim (סָקַל בָּאֲבָנִים, "stone with stones") was Israel's standard capital punishment method, requiring community participation and public witness.Because she hath wrought folly in Israel—nevalah (נְבָלָה, "folly") denotes morally outrageous conduct, covenant-breaking wickedness that threatens community integrity (Genesis 34:7; Joshua 7...

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