Deuteronomy 22:25-27 Damsel Cried

 25But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die. 26Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him. 27When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

“Significantly, the woman was not blamed for the rape, and it was presumed that she was innocent in this circumstance.” (Guzik)

Capitol Punishment 

Rape was a crime that if found guilty the man was to be stoned to death. But there was several examples of rape in the Bible that vengeance was served instead of a trial and stoning. Here’s one example:

2 Samuel 13: 14But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her. 

28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him.

Because the rape wasn’t legally addressed it invited the sin of murder.

If we don’t study the Lords boundaries of sin then how can we set boundaries for our children?

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 22:23-24 Remove the evil

 23“If a young woman who is a virgin is engaged (legally betrothed) to a man, and another man finds her in the city and is intimate with her, 24then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and stone them to death--the young woman because she did not cry out for help [though she was] in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s [promised] wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

“The woman was to be executed for disgracing her virginity; the man was to be executed because he humbled his neighbor’s wife. Interestingly, the woman was considered the wife of another man, even though she was only betrothed, and was still a virgin, having not yet consummated the marriage.” (Guzik)

The Bible is the word of God and some may not like His ordnance’s and rules but look at where we are now in society because of sin! We are all guilty and contributing to the decay!

If only we worked as hard for His kingdom as we do for material things!

Lord open our eyes, minds and hearts 💕 and use us for Your glory, in Jesus name I pray. Amen 

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 22:22 Adultery

 22“If a man is [f]intimate with a woman who is another man’s wife, they shall both be put to death, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel.

Notice both of them shall be put to death.

But, Deuteronomy 17: 6[b]On the evidence of two or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of [only] one witness.

So the likely hood of a death sentence for adultery being carried out would be rare.

“Though the death penalty for adultery was carried out rarely, it still had value. It communicated loudly and clearly an ideal that Israel was to live up to, and it made people regard their sin much more seriously. Today, we have done away with this ideal, and people don’t care much about adultery - and society suffers greatly as a result.” (Guzik)

But do you remember what Jesus said to those that brought the woman to Him that was caught in the act of adultery? Where was the man if they caught her?

This picture sums it up.

Sin is sin, so why do we sin?

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 22:20-21 Sexual Sin

 20“But if this charge is true that the evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman, 21then they shall bring her out to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed a deliberate sin in Israel by playing the prostitute in her father’s house. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

“If this were the case, the woman was to be executed by stoning. This was not only for her sexual promiscuity (to play the harlot), but also for her attempt to deceive her husband.”

“This law must be seen in connection with the command in Exodus 22:16-17, which commands that a man who entices a virgin must surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife. This law in Deuteronomy is directed against the truly wanton woman, who has given up her virginity, yet not claimed her rights under Exodus 22:16-17. She did not value her virginity at the time she gave it up, yet she wanted to claim the benefits of it by deceiving her husband.” (Guzik)

Sexual Sin

Our society is paving the road to hell with sexual sin! In my lifetime we have gone from free love to be any gender you want and doctors willingly performing sex changes. But no matter how much they try they are not God and they can’t change your DNA.

There’s probably not one of us that is free of sexual sin. I’m not and the only one that walked this earth that was free of sin was Jesus.

May we aspire to be more like Him and stop sinning!

We know who the author of confusion is and the only way to stop confusion is to return to the Lord!

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 22:18-19 False accusation, a evil name!

 18Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him. 19They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silverc 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.

False accusations brought punishment, what type the Bible doesn’t state.

They also fined him a hundred shekels of silver and he couldn’t ever divorce her!

I suspect after false accusations, punishment, a heavy fine and no divorce that they couldn’t ever live in harmony as the Lord desired in a marriage.

Ephesians 5: 28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Could a man who loves 💕 his wife bring such an accusation?

Let’s look at Joseph.

Matthew 1: 19And Joseph her [promised] husband, being a just and righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly to shame, planned to send her away and divorce her quietly.

Would you react by making a public accusation or quietly like Joseph?

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 22:13-17 Sexual Morality

 13Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her, 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.”

15Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate 16and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her. 17And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.

Virginity was coveted in this culture during ancient Israel and a special cloth was used when the husband and wife had relations. The blood stained cloth was given to the wife’s parents as proof of her virginity. 

“It was seen as a great loss to give up one’s virginity before marriage, and if a woman was known to have lost her virginity, it greatly reduced her chances of getting married.”

“By the same principle, if a husband believed that his wife had lied about her virginity, he felt cheated. What follows is an attempt to resolve the issue.” (Guzik)

How times have changed!

What happens if the husband made a false accusation?

What happens to the wife if she wasn’t a virgin?

Read ahead and stayed tuned!

Blessings 

Deuteronomy 22:11-12 Look!

 11Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.

12You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

“A symbolic meaning is given to these tassels in Numbers 15:37-41, namely that they are a reminder to Israel to keep God’s law.” (Thompson)

These verses may seem strange to us but the Lord wanted separation. To be different than the rest of the world. 

But look what the Scribes and Pharisee’s did!

Matthew 23: 5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

They broaden and lengthen their tassels to “look” more spiritual!

Christ wants us to stand out from the rest of the world also, so they know you are His.

But are you doing it to look spiritual?

Being humble is to be of Christ.

Blessings