Deuteronomy 22:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

Ver. 19. He hath brought up an evil name.] Which is a kind of murder. Eze 22:9 God shall clear the innocency of his slandered servants. Psa 37:6 Isa 54:17 As the eclipsed moon, by keeping her motion, wades out of the shadow and recovers her splendour, so shall it be with such.

Deuteronomy 22:19

19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.