[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Deuteronomy Overview]] [[Deuteronomy 21]] [[Deuteronomy 23]] # Deuteronomy 22 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Laws Concerning Preservation of Life [[#Verse 01.]] When you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.  [[#Verse 02.]] If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.  [[#Verse 03.]] You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved.  [[#Verse 04.]] When you see your neighbor’s donkey or ox fallen along the road, do not ignore it; instead, you must be sure to help him get the animal on its feet again. [[#Verse 05.]] A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor should a man dress up in women’s clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive to the Lord your God. [[#Verse 06.]] If you happen to notice a bird’s nest along the road, whether in a tree or on the ground, and there are chicks or eggs with the mother bird sitting on them, you must not take the mother from the young.  [[#Verse 07.]] You must be sure to let the mother go, but you may take the young for yourself. Do this so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life. [[#Verse 08.]] If you build a new house, you must construct a guardrail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it. ### Illustrations of the Principle of Purity [[#Verse 09.]] You must not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed; otherwise the entire yield, both of the seed you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled.  [[#Verse 10.]] You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.  [[#Verse 11.]] You must not wear clothing made with wool and linen meshed together. [[#Verse 12.]] You shall make yourselves tassels for the four corners of the clothing you wear. ### Purity in the Marriage Relationship [[#Verse 13.]] Suppose a man marries a woman, sleeps with her, and then rejects her, [[#Verse 14.]] accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying, “I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”  [[#Verse 15.]] Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.  [[#Verse 16.]] The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.  [[#Verse 17.]] Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, ‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out before the city’s elders.  [[#Verse 18.]] The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him.  [[#Verse 19.]] They will fine him 100 shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife, and he may never divorce her as long as he lives. [[#Verse 20.]] But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,  [[#Verse 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 thingin Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge the evil from among you. [[#Verse 22.]] If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman, both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge the evil from Israel. [[#Verse 23.]] If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and goes to bed with her,  [[#Verse 24.]] you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you. [[#Verse 25.]] But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die. [[#Verse 26.]] You must not do anything to the young woman—she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person and murders him,  [[#Verse 27.]] for the man met her in the field and the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her. [[#Verse 28.]] Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and takes hold of her and sleeps with her and they are discovered.  [[#Verse 29.]] The man who has slept with her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife. Because he has humiliated her, he may never divorce her as long as he lives. [[#Verse 30.]] (23:1) A man may not marry his father’s former wife and in this way dishonor his father. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes