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Deuteronomy 21:19

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21:19 his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

Deuteronomy 22:15

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22:15 Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity 1  for the elders of the city at the gate.

Deuteronomy 22:21

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22:21 the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing 2  in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge 3  evil from among you.

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[22:15]  1 sn In light of v. 17 this would evidently be blood-stained sheets indicative of the first instance of intercourse. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 302-3.

[22:21]  1 tn The Hebrew term נְבָלָה (nÿvalah) means more than just something stupid. It refers to a moral lapse so serious as to jeopardize the whole covenant community (cf. Gen 34:7; Judg 19:23; 20:6, 10; Jer 29:23). See C. Pan, NIDOTTE 3:11-13. Cf. NAB “she committed a crime against Israel.”

[22:21]  2 tn Heb “burn.” See note on Deut 21:21.



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