DEUTERONOMy 22:23-24??

Question

How come the bible says that a women should be stoned to death if she is a RAPE VICTIM?? DEUTERONOMY 22:23-24...that doesnt sound very loving

Hey "problem"..you skipped 7 verses..especially the TWO i was talking about..so YOU took it out of context

Answer 1

Not rape- adultery, Try reading it in context where it says that it was in a city where if she had cried out she would have been heard. It makes it clear in the oral law that if she could not cry out because she was refrained in some way - including a threat of harm, she was innocent and the man prosecuted for rape.

Answer 2

You are mis reading the verse you must contiune the passage. it is saying if she lies with the man willingly then they both shall be stoned but if it is against her will then only he shall be stoned.

Deu 22:23 ¶ If a damsel [that is] a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;


Deu 22:24 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.

Deu 22:25 ¶ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:


Deu 22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; [there is] in the damsel no sin [worthy] of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so [is] this matter:


Deu 22:27 For he found her in the field, [and] the betrothed damsel cried, and [there was] none to save her.

Answer 3

You sure took that out of context.
22:18. And the ancients of that city shall take that man, and beat him,
22:25 But if a man find a damsel that is betrothed, in the field, and taking hold of her, lie with her, he alone shall die:

Answer 4

More important, why don't the fundamentalists who say that "everything in the bible must be read literally," or "everything in the bible is TRUE," or whatever it is they're saying these days, go around stoning rape victims? Are they denying the truth of the bible? How often to we hear the cliche: Either all the bible is true or it's all a lie?

So why not more stonings?

Answer 5

Stone a woman for not being a virgin?
Deut. 22:13-21

"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her, 14 and charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames her, and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,’ 15 then the girl’s father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. 16 "And the girl’s father shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, but he turned against her; 17 and behold, he has charged her with shameful deeds, saying, "I did not find your daughter a virgin." But this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. 18 "So the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him, 19 and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father, because he publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he cannot divorce her all his days. 20 "But if this charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin, 21 then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel, by playing the harlot in her father’s house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you," (Deut. 22:13).

Critics of the Bible must be careful not to impose their present day moral system upon that of an ancient culture found in Scripture and then judge Scripture as though it is inferior to their own subjective morality. The above verses were written 3000 years ago in a very different culture and location. Sexual purity was very highly valued, unlike today, and when a man would marry a woman, her virginity was critical. In ancient times a dowry was paid to the father of the bride and the rightful expectation was that the bride would be a virgin.
In the culture of the time it was the father who was charged with the covering, care, and well-being of his daughter. Her sexual purity was was representative of the fathers ability to raise her according to the laws God. Therefore, in that culture, a man's reputation, as well as the family's reputation in the community, could be adversely affected by the fornication of his daughter. If his daughter had been promised to a man to be married, and a dowry had been paid, there was every expectation from the bridegroom that she would be a virgin. If the contrary was discovered after the marriage, then the implication is that there had been a deception in which the father could be implicated, or it would mean that he was unaware of her sin and this would bring great shame the family and the community, not to mention it being a display of outright rebellion against God's law. In this case, to insure the integrity of the family, and to remove the evil of adulterous/fornication from the community, stoning was advocated.
Finally, she was not stoned for not being a virgin, but for carrying out a deception in trying to appear as one.

Answer 6

if a woman claims rape but was in a place where she could have creid out for help then she was probably trying to protect herself by lyning....so she is stoned as an adultress. but if a woman claimed rape and was in a place where she could not obtain help she was not stoned, but the rapist still was!

Answer 7

That's not what the verse implies.

Try reading the entire context first

Answer 8

Welcome to the bible. It also says to stone your son to death if he does not respect you.

"If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them; Then shall his father and mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of the city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear." (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)

Answer 9

Because the bible was written by men in power back when all evil in the world was blamed on women.

Answer 10

that is jus the tip of the "loving" things the god of the bible either created, promoted or allowed.