96 DE UTERONOMIE XXII. I beaten for putting her away.MaitnonyinNagnarah, 1 chap. 3. Iba 4 As it was a greater tinne for a man ' 1 to.detamc his wife, than another perlòn; fo the 'punishnienrís greater : for they that defamed their neighbours were but beaten ; but he that defamed his wiFe was beaten and amearced, and never füffered to put her away , which was permitted to other men, Dent 24.1.2. Verf. 20. berried)] fo proved by certaineevi- dence, or by witnefks, as before is !hewed ; and agreeable to the Law, in Dem.' 7.4-5.6. For the Hebrewes acknowledge, that thole tokens might Cometinte be wanting in virgins, & yet they not defiled; and therefore the Iodges were to exa- mine, whether herprogenitors wanted their An- ors, or Thee herfelfe had not had fome great fiek- neffe, or other like accident , whereby thofe fignemíght faile.Maimoo treat. of Wives,chap. 11. fert t 2. 2I V/CCz I . her fathers hntfe] that where the finne was done, there it might be punifhed. follie j in Chaldee, ignominie; which was not only evil! in her, but a reproach to her father, and fcandall to the whole Church : See the notes on Gen. 34.7. where this'phrafe is fir!t riled. whordome in her fathers bowie] and (as the Hebrewes thinke,) un- der her betrothed husband : for otherwifc if her fault had bin done before the was betrothed, and it were knowne, (he was not to die, Exod.22.1 6. r7.This which it fail (in Deut.22.2o.)I F 7H IS WORD BET RV H, fhe fhalbeltzlled, (it) when floe bath committed whoreehme after the betrothing before mitnfs: but before the betrothing, the Law bath already Paid of her, that the is feefiom any thing; and be that lay with her it bound tomake recompenfe with goods only, whether he had entièd ker,or fored her. Mai - mony in Nagn. bethulah, chap. ;. felt. 12. If this punilhment were for her whoredome before Thee was betrothed ; it fheweth Gods feverity again!} !Inch as deceive their husbands in filch fort , and diflionoured their fathers horde. So a Pridts daughter playing the whore , is faid to propbane ber father, Levit.21.8. 22 I Verf . 22 they fhalldye] in Greeke ,yee fhakkill them both. The manner of their death was either by. ffonittg, as may begathered by Ioh 8.4.5. or, as the Hebrewes fay, by f rangling : fee the Annota- tions onLevit.zo.lo. 23 Verf. 23. betrothed] or, elpoufed, which was, by mutual! promife,in the pretence of witnelfes,be- fore mariage, Matt. 1. i g. It might bee done in Ifrael (as the Hebrewes write) threewayes; by a pecce of money, or by awriting,orby copula- tion. By a recce of money, though it werebut a farthing,or the warris thereof; and the man laid, be thou betrothed unto me, or mine cfpoufed wife by this and he gave it her beforewitneffes. By Bill,and then he wrote,be thou betrothed un- to me,or the like, and be gave it her before wit- neffes : & it muff he writtenwith her name in it uutwith her knowledge and conlent, elfeitwas nobeeiothing. By copulation; and then he laid, hoc thou (halt be betrothed unto nie by this co- pulation, and fò her was united unto her before two witneffes ; and after copulation the was bd betrothed wife. If he lay with her by way of for. nication,and not by the name of betrothing ; or if it were by themfelves without witneffes,it was no betrothing.And he might not lie with her the fecond time, before they were marled. And though the betrothing might bee any of thefe three wayes, yet ufitally it was by a peece of mo- ney; & if they would, theymight doe it by wri- ting : but betrothing by copulation, was forbid- den by the with men of Ifrael, and who fo did it, was chafed with rods;howbeit,the betrothing flood in force. And it was required, that they fhould bleffe God,hefore the contrait was made ; as is Chewed at large, by Maimeny treat. of Wives, c.3 And lo. & Iof. Karo in Shulehan aruch, treat. of Efpoufals, chap. a . in the titre] or town, or any place of' retort of people , where Thee might cry out and be reskued. The citie is named for an inflance, becanfe therein are ¡tore of people. Verî24. floecryednot ] as is prefumed, becaufe 24 the was in the citie : and fo confenting to the fin, the is guilty of death. The Hebrewes fay, Whofo- ever i, lien with in the ci f,it it certainly prefumed that floe roar intifed,becauffhecrriednatant . unleDéwitnefsdai tefifie that (bee real; as that (the man) drew a fword at ber, and fail If that cry Ina kill thee. Mai- mony in Nagnarah bethulah, chap. 1. fet.2. humbled] that is, defiled, asGen.34.2. neighbours ;rife] fo the is called after her betrothing as here, fo in Gen.2 9.2 t. Matt.t .20. Verf. 25. in the field ] or any folitary place, 25 where if the cry (he cannot be heard : oppofed to' the eerie, inverle23. takfirong boldo, her] or, ! as the Greeke tranflateth force her. Verf..26. thoufhle anot j in Greeke, yeefhallnot, 126 fpeaking to Ifrael. any ibing] Hebr. a word j finge of death] that is , fznne worthy of death. killeth him in foule] that is, fo as that bee taketh a- I way his foule, of life. In Greeke, kt(leth hisfoule. }bit matter] Heb. shitword. VerC2 7. cried out ] as isprefìimed incharitie, 27 onleffe the contrary be proved : as verfe 24. Who- farce if lien with in the field, it it eertainelyprefumed that the, wafrced; and they judge her wit", the judgement of a woman forced , unlef fe witneff es doe tfo lifie that fbee lay with himwillingly, Maimony in Nagnarah be- thulah, chaps. feet.2. non to faze] or no faviner, that is, as the Greeke and Chaldee explaineth, no helper or eiliverer. V.28. lay bald oso her]che Gr. tranflateth, force her. 28 Herein this differeth from the law in Ex. 22.16. 17,which was for loch a; confeuted being intilèd Verf29.to the damofils father] or, to her lelte,if a9 thee have no father. Maimony in Nagn. bethulah, chap. t. fe&.9. nickels] this word is added in the Chaldee and Greeke, as before in verfe 19. And 50. fbekels, as the Hebrewes write, was the leal! dowtie that virgins might have,and is called in Exod. 22. 17. the dawrie of virgins ; and woo the weight of fiftie fbekels of fine flyer. Maimony in Nagnarah,ch. s. fed. 1. and every shekel weighed 320 graines of bareey, as is noted on Gen 20. 16, & thelè fifty shekels were the mulft for lying with
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