Deuteronomy 22:21
in Deuteronomy 22she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThat phrase of folly wrought in Israel was used concerning this very crime in the case of Dinah, Gen. xxxiv. All sin is folly, uncleanness especially; but, above all, uncleanness in Israel, by profession a holy people. If any man, single or married, lay with a married woman, they were both to be put to death,
This site's exposition
Suppose a man marries a woman
on Deuteronomy 22:13-21
Her parents answer the husband's charge by bringing proof to the elders at the gate. The case is public, and the burden falls first on the accuser. If the charge fails he is fined a hundred shekels and may never divorce her.
This site's exposition
the door of her father’s house
Henry reads the stoning at her father's door as a charge to every father and mother. They bore the grief and shame at their own house.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהוֹצִ֨יאוּ | vehotziu | and they will bring out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜ה | hanaar | the young woman | H5291 → | 63 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פֶּ֣תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אָבִ֗יהָ | ʾaviha | father her | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וּסְקָלוּהָ֩ | usekaluha | and they will stone her | H5619 → | 22 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֨י | ʾanshei | [the] men of | H582 → | 566 times |
| עִירָ֤הּ | ʾirah | city her | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| בָּאֲבָנִים֙ | baavanim | with <the> stones | H68 → | 273 times |
| וָמֵ֔תָה | vametah | and she will die | H4191 → | 839 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָשְׂתָ֤ה | ʾasetah | she has done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| נְבָלָה֙ | nevalah | folly | H5039 → | |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | beyisrael | in Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לִזְנ֖וֹת | liznot | by acting as a prostitute | H2181 → | 94 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אָבִ֑יהָ | ʾaviha | father her | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ | uviarta | and you will remove | H1197 → | 94 times |
| הָרָ֖ע | hara' | the evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ ס | mikirbecha | from midst your | H7130 → | 227 times |
וְהוֹצִ֨יאוּand they will bring out
vehotziuH3318 →1067 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜הthe young woman
hanaarH5291 →63 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פֶּ֣תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
אָבִ֗יהָfather her
ʾavihaH1 →1212 times
וּסְקָלוּהָ֩and they will stone her
usekaluhaH5619 →22 times
אַנְשֵׁ֨י[the] men of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
עִירָ֤הּcity her
ʾirahH5892 →1090 times
בָּאֲבָנִים֙with <the> stones
baavanimH68 →273 times
וָמֵ֔תָהand she will die
vametahH4191 →839 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
עָשְׂתָ֤הshe has done
ʾasetahH6213 →2628 times
נְבָלָה֙folly
nevalahH5039 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לin Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
לִזְנ֖וֹתby acting as a prostitute
liznotH2181 →94 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
אָבִ֑יהָfather her
ʾavihaH1 →1212 times
וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥and you will remove
uviartaH1197 →94 times
הָרָ֖עthe evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ סfrom midst your
mikirbechaH7130 →227 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Genesis 34:7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that…
it leads to
- Joshua 7:15
The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 20:6
Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
- Joshua 7:15
Through
Judges 20:6Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
it leads to
- Judges 19:29
When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
- Judges 19:23
The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this…
- Judges 19:29
Through
Deuteronomy 13:5Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 18:20
But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put…
- 1 Corinthians 5:13
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
- Deuteronomy 17:7
The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Jeremiah 14:15
Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and…
- Deuteronomy 18:20
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
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.