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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:19

The fine was to be paid to the father, because the slander was against him principally as the head of the wife’s family. If the damsel were an orphan the fine reverted to herself. The fact that the penalties attached to bearing false witness against a wife are fixed and comparatively light indicates the low estimation and position of the woman at that time.

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See also Deuteronomy 22:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    18. AGAINST INHUMANITY AND DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS, False Testimony and Sins of Adultery CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Laws against inhumanity (Deuteronomy 22:1)_ 2. Concerning false testimony (Deuteronomy 22:13)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AMERCE HIM. fine him. Old English....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Six Laws on Cases of Unchastity Of these the first five prescribe the procedure in criminal cases: 1st. Of a Husband's Charges against His Bride (Deuteronomy 22:13-21); 2nd. Of Adultery (Deuteronomy...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _amerce_ Or _fine_, also in E, Exodus 21:22. On the estimate of the silver shekel as = 2 _sh_. 9 _d_., this came to £13. 15 _sh_. It is paid to the father who had been responsible for his daughter's i...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 18, 19. _THE ELDERS—SHALL—CHASTISE—HIM,_ &C.— That is, say the Talmudists, condemn him to receive forty stripes, save one; and they add, that the woman was sent back with a solemn benediction;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _IF ANY MAN TAKE A WIFE, AND GO IN UNTO HER, AND HATE HER,_ If any man take a wife ... The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet it is...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    22:19 remain (a-39) Lit. 'be.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עָנְשׁ֨וּ אֹתֹ֜ו מֵ֣אָה כֶ֗סֶף וְ נָתְנוּ֙

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father (i) of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wi...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    A hundred. Josephus only mentions 50. As it was presumed that the false accusation proceeded from a desire to defraud the woman of her dowry, the law obliged the husband to allow her double (Calmet) t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 awa...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife;...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Give them unto the father of the damsel_ Because this was a reproach to his family, and to himself, as such misconduct of his daughter would have been ascribed to his neglect of properly instructing...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Of humanitie toward brethren. 5 The sexe is to bee distinguished by apparell. 6 The dam is not to be taken with her yong ones. 8 The house must haue battlements. 9 Confusion is to be auoyded. 1...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    VARIOUS SINS AGAINST THE SANCTITY OF HOLY WEDLOCK...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and they shall amerce him, sentence him to pay money, IN AN HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SILVER (about $64), AND GIVE THEM UNTO THE FATHER OF THE DAMSEL, to atone, in a way, for the slander brought upon that fa...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    LAWS THAT TEST TRUE DISCERNMENT (vs.1-12) The laws in this section require a proper consideration of God's creation, whether of humans, animals, birds or even inanimate things. This involves our disc...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-30 These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    UNTO THE FATHER OF THE DAMSEL; because this was a reproach to his family, and to himself, because such a miscarriage of his daughter would have been ascribed to his evil education. HE MAY NOT PUT HER...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 22:19 fine H6064 (H8804) hundred H3967 silver H3701 give H5414 (H8804) father H1 woman H5291 brou

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    VARIOUS SEXUAL CRIMES (DEUTERONOMY 22:13). The Protection Of A Woman's Reputation (Deuteronomy 22:13). The rather sad message behind this regulation was that all parents should retain proof of their...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 22:5. _All that do so are abomination to the Lord._ The note of Maimonides here is, that men presenting themselves before Venus, appeared partially in female attire; and women presenting t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 22:19 A HUNDRED SHEKELS is a very large fine. Workers in OT times earned half a shekel per month. This law discouraged men from making false accusations and seeking an...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.—The cases stated and provided for in Deuteronomy 22:1 seem selected by way of example, and belong, according to our notions, rather to ethics than to law. It in noteworthy that no pena...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST, THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES, THE TAKING OF BIRDS, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 22:29; Deuteronomy 24:1; Matthew 19:8; Matthew 19:9...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The father — Because this was a reproach to his family, and to himself, as such a miscarriage of his daughter would have been ascribed to his evil education....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Why is the method of testing chastity different here than in Numbers 5? PROBLEM: The Numbers text instructed that chastity be tested by drinking bitter water and seeing if the woman’s stomach would sw...

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