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Deuteronomy 22:18

Deuteronomy 22:18
And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver,.... Which was about twelve pounds of our money; this was double the dowry he would have been obliged to have given her, if he had put her…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 22:13-30

These laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint by laying a penalty upon those fleshly lusts which war against the soul.

I. If a man, lusting after another woman, to get rid of his…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

chastise him According to Josephus, IV. Antt.viii. 23, he received 39 stripes; see on Deu 25:3. But the vb probably means merely to rebuke, cp. Deu 21:18.

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