Deuteronomy 22:24 meaning and explanation

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 has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 22:24, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse continues Moses' case law for Israel, addressing a betrothed virgin and the man who slept with her in a city. Because she was pledged in marriage, the act was adultery against her future husband.

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