Marriage Violations

Deuteronomy 22:13-30

Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town, and the elders shall take the man and punish him. They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. 

If a man is found sleeping with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death.

But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die. Do nothing to the woman; she has committed no sin deserving death.

If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.

A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed.

These are rules which encourage attitudes of mutual help and care, and c concern for sexual purity.

Why?

Respect the marriage. for this is the holy life before God. Israelite is different as Cannanite for Cannanites have complicated sex relationship. It is detestable behavior.

We are sons of the Lord so we have lived like Jesus, with good behavior and have the right marriage relationship.

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聖潔的婚姻關係

1.懷疑新婚妻子的貞潔。保障婦女的條款

2.和已經有婚約的女子行淫，不是兩情相悅的事都可以做！

3.和沒有婚約的女子行淫，罰款50舍克勤，娶她是否保障這個女子的權益，因為沒有人會娶她。這個條款不是在報復，而是在解決問題，一輩子照顧她。

4.不可娶父親的妾，掀開衣襟。路得記中用你的衣襟遮蓋我，就是請娶我為妻！

混亂的性關係也是迦南地的惡習。人不是物品，試婚並不合理！即使購物，商家也不喜歡人家先試用，不好退還。吃點東西，不好吃不付錢。一個人在婚姻中不願意改變自己，必定會分開。許多人都只想享樂，不想負責任，試婚是自私的想法。

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How?

God is holy so we should have holy life every day!