"If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, {both} the man that lay wi…" — Deuteronomy 22:22

Deuteronomy 22:22 · KJV

“If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, {both} the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.”

— Deuteronomy 22:22

Verse 21

Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

Verse 23

If a damsel {that is} a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

Deuteronomy 22 — Context

But if this thing be true, {and the tokens of} virginity be not found for the damsel:

If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, {both} the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.

If a damsel {that is} a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

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

Leviticus 20:10

And the man that committeth adultery with {another} man's wife, {even he} that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Ezekiel 23:45-47

And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they {are} adulteresses, and blood {is} in their hands.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage {is} honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

John 8:4-5

They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

Ezekiel 16:38

And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. {as: Heb. with judgments of}

Numbers 5:22-27

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make {thy} belly to swell, and {thy} thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.