Deuteronomy 22:24 (KJV)

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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 ne hbour’s wife so thou shalt put away evil from among you

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Cross-references

he hath humbled. De 21:14 Ge 29:21 Mt 1:20 Mt 1:24

so thou shalt put. De 22:21 De 22:22 De 22:24 De 13:5 1Co 5:2 1Co 5:13

and ye shall stone.In these laws, the betrothed damsel was considered as the wife of the man to whom she was engaged, though they had not come together; and therefore the crime was adjudged adultery. But a charitable supposition is admitted in the damsel's favour, in case she was found in a solitary place.

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