Deuteronomy 22:24

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the assembled Israelites on the plains of Moab, establishing legal procedures for the community before they enter Canaan.

The words — The text commands the community to הוֹצֵאתֶם (ho.tze.Tem, "you will bring out") the couple to the city gate and סְקַלְתֶּם (se.kal.Tem, "you will stone") them to death.

The thread — This execution protocol mirrors Deuteronomy 22:21 for a different betrothal case, while the directive to remove corruption echoes the expulsion language of 1 Corinthians 5:13.

Why it lands — The passage requires readers to recognize the legal standard for capital punishment and the communal responsibility to enforce covenant boundaries.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.

The Hebrew words

וְהוֹצֵאתֶ֨םve./ho.tze.Temand/ you will bring out אֶת־'et-<obj.>שְׁנֵיהֶ֜םshe.nei./Hemboth of/ them אֶל־'el-to שַׁ֣עַר׀Sha.'ar[the] gate of הָעִ֣ירha./'Irthe/ city הַהִ֗ואha./Hiv'<the>/ that וּסְקַלְתֶּ֨םu./se.kal.Temand/ you will stone אֹתָ֥ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them בָּאֲבָנִים֮ba./'a.va.Nimwith <the>/ stones וָמֵתוּ֒va./me.Tuand/ they will die אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗הha./na.'arthe/ young woman עַל־'al-on דְּבַר֙de.Var[the] thing אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher<of> that לֹא־lo'-not צָעֲקָ֣הtza.'a.Kahshe cried for help בָעִ֔ירva./'Irin the/ city וְאֶ֨ת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הָאִ֔ישׁha./'Ishthe/ man עַל־'al-on דְּבַ֥רde.Var[the] thing אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-<of> that עִנָּ֖ה'i.Nahhe has humiliated אֶת־'et-<obj.>אֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shet[the] wife of רֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E./huneighbor/ his וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥u./vi.'ar.Taand/ you will remove הָרָ֖עha./Ra'the/ evil מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ סmi./kir.Be./chafrom/ midst/ your

King James Version

Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 21:14 And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
Deuteronomy 22:21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
1 Corinthians 5:13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
Genesis 29:21 Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
Deuteronomy 13:5 Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Matthew 1:20 But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and embraced Mary as his wife.
1 Corinthians 5:2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?