22:22 If a man is caught having sexual relations with 3 a married woman 4 both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge 5 evil from Israel.
24:1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive 6 in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.
24:5 When a man is newly married, he need not go into 7 the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to 8 the wife he has married.
1 tn Heb “gates.”
2 tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the
3 tn Heb “lying with” (so KJV, NASB), a Hebrew idiom for sexual relations.
4 tn Heb “a woman married to a husband.”
5 tn Heb “burn.” See note on the phrase “purge out” in Deut 21:21.
5 tn Heb “nakedness of a thing.” The Hebrew phrase עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (’ervat davar) refers here to some gross sexual impropriety (see note on “indecent” in Deut 23:14). Though the term usually has to do only with indecent exposure of the genitals, it can also include such behavior as adultery (cf. Lev 18:6-18; 20:11, 17, 20-21; Ezek 22:10; 23:29; Hos 2:10).
7 tn Heb “go out with.”
8 tc For the MT’s reading Piel שִׂמַּח (simmakh, “bring joy to”), the Syriac and others read שָׂמַח (samakh, “enjoy”).