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Deuteronomy 22:19

in Deuteronomy 22

They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

KJV

And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 22

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
The fine was to be paid to the father, because the slander was against him principally as the head of the wife’s family. If the damsel were an orphan the fine reverted to herself. The fact that the penalties attached to bearing false witness against a wife are fixed and comparatively light indicates the low estimation and position of the woman at that time.

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 Awakening3 voices

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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A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

The father - Because this was a reproach to his family, and to himself, as such a miscarriage of his daughter would have been ascribed to his evil education.
And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver,....

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

22 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.

  • וְעָנְשׁ֨וּand they will fine

    veaneshuH6064 →

  • אֹת֜וֹ<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • מֵ֣אָהa hundred

    meahH3967 →581 times

  • כֶ֗סֶףsilver

    khesefH3701 →403 times

  • וְנָתְנוּ֙and they will give [them]

    venatenuH5414 →2011 times

  • לַאֲבִ֣יto [the] father of

    laaviH1 →1212 times

  • הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔הthe young woman

    hanaarahH5291 →63 times

  • כִּ֤יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • הוֹצִיא֙he has sent forth

    hotzi'H3318 →1067 times

  • שֵׁ֣םa name

    shemH8034 →864 times

  • רָ֔עbad

    ra'H7451 →662 times

  • עַ֖לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • בְּתוּלַ֣ת[the] virgin of

    betulatH1330 →50 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וְלֽוֹ־and of him

    velov-

  • תִהְיֶ֣הshe will become

    tihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • לְאִשָּׁ֔ה<into> a wife

    leishahH802 →781 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יוּכַ֥לhe will be able

    yukhalH3201 →194 times

  • לְשַּׁלְּחָ֖הּto send away her

    leshalechahH7971 →845 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • יָמָֽיו׃ סdays his

    yamavH3117 →2304 times

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

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 22:29then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.6 worksMatthew 19:8–9Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.4 worksDeuteronomy 24:1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.4 worksDeuteronomy 21:14And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.3 works1 Corinthians 7:11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.2 worksDeuteronomy 22:14and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”2 works

The walk

2 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

    Deuteronomy 22:29

    then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 22:24

      you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he…

    • Deuteronomy 21:14

      And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have…

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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 Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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