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Deuteronomy 22:18

in Deuteronomy 22

Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

KJV

And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

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This verse in Deuteronomy 22

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
And the elders of that city shall take the man, and chastise him. Not with words, but blows. Jarchi interprets it of beating, and so does the Talmud (x); and both the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it,"shall beat him;'' that is, with the beating or scourging of forty stripes, save one. (x) T. Bab. Cetubot, fol. 46. 1.

This site's exposition

If any man take a wife

on Deuteronomy 22:13-21

A husband who accuses his bride is answered by her parents bringing evidence to the elders in the gate, so the case is tried in public and the first burden falls on the accuser. If the charge fails he is chastised, fined a hundred shekels of silver, which is twice the fifty of verse 29, and he may never divorce her, so the woman is left provided for by the man who tried to be rid of her. If the charge holds the penalty is death, and the phrase used for the offence, wrought folly in Israel, is the one Genesis 34:7 used first and Judges 20:6 and 2 Samuel 13:12 use again.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

1 ), but then he must have given her her dowry: if therefore to save that, and to do her the greater mischief, he would thus destroy her good name, it was fit that he should be severely punished for it, and for ever after forfeit the permission to divorce her. The nearer any are in relation to us the greater sin it is to belie them and blemish their reputation.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

If a man take a wife, &c.--The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet, it is not necessary that we should curiously and impertinently inquire into them.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְלָֽקְח֛וּand they will take

    velakechuH3947 →966 times

  • זִקְנֵ֥י[the] elders of

    zikneiH2205 →178 times

  • הָֽעִיר־the city

    hair-H5892 →1090 times

  • הַהִ֖וא<the> that

    hahiv'H1931 →1879 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאִ֑ישׁthe man

    haishH376 →1663 times

  • וְיִסְּר֖וּand they will punish

    veyiseruH3256 →43 times

  • אֹתֽוֹ׃<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

1 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 18:21

    Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

    it leads to

    • Acts 6:3

      Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them

    • 2 Chronicles 19:5–10

      He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

    • Deuteronomy 1:13–17

      Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”

    • Deuteronomy 16:18–19

      You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

    • 2 Samuel 23:3

      The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

Where this verse is studied

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About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 22 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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