Genesis 34:2

Shechem.

10:17; 33:19

saw her.

6:2; 39:6,7; Jud 14:1; 2Sa 11:2; Job 31:1,9; Pr 13:20; Mt 5:28

took her.

20:2

defiled her. Heb. humbled her.

De 21:14; 22:24,29; Jud 19:24,25; Eze 22:10,11

Deuteronomy 22:19

he may not put.

29; 24:1-4; Mt 19:8,9

Deuteronomy 22:24

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.

he hath humbled.

21:14; Ge 29:21; Mt 1:20,24

so thou shalt put.

21,22,24; 13:5; 1Co 5:2,13

Deuteronomy 22:29

because he hath humbled.

19,24; 21:14

Judges 19:24

Behold.The rites of hospitality are regarded as sacred and inviolable in the East: and a man who has admitted a stranger under his roof, is bound to protect him even at the expense of his life. On these high notions only, the influence of which an Asiatic mind alone can appreciate, can the present transaction be either excused or palliated.

them.

Ge 19:8; Ro 3:8

humble ye.

Ge 34:2; *marg:

De 21:14

so vile a thing. Heb. the matter of this folly.
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