Adultery

ADULTERY JUDGEMENT:

Deuteronomy דברים (DaBaR’eyM) 22:22-27

22If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
[23] If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;[24] 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 neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
[25] But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
[26] But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
[27] For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

22כי ימצא איש שכב עם אשה בעלת בעל ומתו גם שניהם האיש השכב עם האשה והאשה ובערת הרע מישראל׃

23כי יהיה נער בתולה מארשה לאיש ומצאה איש בעיר ושכב עמה׃

24והוצאתם את שניהם אל שער העיר ההוא וסקלתם אתם באבנים ומתו את הנער על דבר אשר לא צעקה בעיר ואת האיש על דבר אשר ענה את אשת רעהו ובערת הרע מקרבך׃25

ואם בשדה ימצא האיש את הנער המארשה והחזיק בה האיש ושכב עמה ומת האיש אשר שכב עמה לבדו׃

26ולנער לא תעשה דבר אין לנער חטא מות כי כאשר יקום איש על רעהו ורצחו נפש כן הדבר הזה׃

27כי בשדה מצאה צעקה הנער המארשה ואין מושיע לה׃

NOTE:
It should be noted that a man married to a woman can not commit adultery against her because he can have more than one wife according to Torah. A husband only commits adultery if he takes another man’s wife.However, a woman can enter into an agreement with her to be husband, or current husband, which does not permit him to get another wife without the wife’s consent. Doing so could be cause for divorce or any other stipulation. This can be part of your covenant. Laban, Rachael and Leah’s father entered into such an agreement. Only the daughters could allow Jacob to acquire more wives, which they eventually did.

 

Exodus שמות (ShuMuTh) 20:

[14] Thou shalt not commit adultery.

14לא תנאף׃

see also Exodus שמות (ShuMuTh) 22:16-17

Leviticus ויקרא (u’Ye-QuRA) 18:

[20] Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

20ואל אשת עמיתך לא תתן שכבתך לזרע לטמאה בה׃

 

Leviticus ויקרא (u’Ye-QuRA) 19:

[20] And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

20ואיש כי ישכב את אשה שכבת זרע והוא שפחה נחרפת לאיש והפדה לא נפדתה או חפשה לא נתן לה בקרת תהיה לא יומתו כי לא

חפשה׃

Deuteronomy דברים (DaBaR’eyM) 5:

[18] Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

18ולא תנאף׃

Deuteronomy דברים (DaBaR’eyM) 22:

[22] If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.[23] If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
[24] 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 neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

22כי ימצא איש שכב עם אשה בעלת בעל ומתו גם שניהם האיש השכב עם האשה והאשה ובערת הרע מישראל׃

23כי יהיה נער בתולה מארשה לאיש ומצאה איש בעיר ושכב עמה׃

24והוצאתם את שניהם אל שער העיר ההוא וסקלתם אתם באבנים ומתו את הנער על דבר אשר לא צעקה בעיר ואת האיש על דבר אשר ענה את אשת רעהו ובערת הרע מקרבך׃

 

The Writings

Proverbs משלי (MaShaLey) 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:  24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

23כי נר מצוה ותורה אור ודרך חיים תוכחות מוסר׃

24לשמרך מאשת רע מחלקת לשון נכריה׃25אל תחמד יפיה בלבבך ואל תקחך בעפעפיה׃

26כי בעד אשה זונה עד ככר לחם ואשת איש נפש יקרה תצוד׃

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

27היחתה איש אש בחיקו ובגדיו לא תשרפנה׃28

אם יהלך איש על הגחלים ורגליו לא תכוינה׃

29כן הבא אל אשת רעהו לא ינקה כל הנגע בה׃

30לא יבוזו לגנב כי יגנוב למלא נפשו כי ירעב׃

31ונמצא ישלם שבעתים את כל הון ביתו יתן׃

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

32נאף אשה חסר לב משחית נפשו הוא יעשנה׃

33נגע וקלון ימצא וחרפתו לא תמחה׃34

כי קנאה חמת גבר ולא יחמול ביום נקם׃

35לא ישא פני כל כפר ולא יאבה כי תרבה שחד׃

 

Proverbs משלי (MaShaLey) 2:16-19

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her Alaheym. 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

16להצילך מאשה זרה מנכריה אמריה החליקה׃

17העזבת אלוף נעוריה ואת ברית אלהיה שכחה׃

18כי שחה אל מות ביתה ואל רפאים מעגלתיה׃

19כל באיה לא ישובון ולא ישיגו ארחות חיים׃

Proverbs משלי (MaShaLey) 5:1-6

1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

1בני לחכמתי הקשיבה לתבונתי הט אזנך׃

2לשמר מזמות ודעת שפתיך ינצרו׃

3כי נפת תטפנה שפתי זרה וחלק משמן חכה׃4ואחריתה מרה כלענה חדה כחרב פיות׃

5רגליה ירדות מות שאול צעדיה יתמכו׃

6ארח חיים פן תפלס נעו מעגלתיה לא תדע׃

Proverbs משלי (MaShaLey) 23:26

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. 27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

26תנה בני לבך לי ועיניך דרכי תרצנה׃

Proverbs משלי (MaShaLey) 30:18-20

18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

18שלשה המה נפלאו ממני וארבע לא ידעתים׃

19דרך הנשר בשמים דרך נחש עלי צור דרך אניה בלב ים ודרך גבר בעלמה׃

20כן דרך אשה מנאפת אכלה ומחתה פיה ואמרה לא פעלתי און׃

Proverbs משלי (MaShaLey) 7:4-23

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her  words. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, 14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. 19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

4אמר לחכמה אחתי את ומדע לבינה תקרא׃

5לשמרך מאשה זרה מנכריה אמריה החליקה׃

6כי בחלון ביתי בעד אשנבי נשקפתי׃

7וארא בפתאים אבינה בבנים נער חסר לב׃

8עבר בשוק אצל פנה ודרך ביתה יצעד׃

9בנשף בערב יום באישון לילה ואפלה׃

10והנה אשה לקראתו שית זונה ונצרת לב׃

11המיה היא וסררת בביתה לא ישכנו רגליה׃

12פעם בחוץ פעם ברחבות ואצל כל פנה תארב׃13

והחזיקה בו ונשקה לו העזה פניה ותאמר לו׃

14זבחי שלמים עלי היום שלמתי נדרי׃

15על כן יצאתי לקראתך לשחר פניך ואמצאך׃

16מרבדים רבדתי ערשי חטבות אטון מצרים׃

17נפתי משכבי מר אהלים וקנמון׃

18לכה נרוה דדים עד הבקר נתעלסה באהבים׃

19כי אין האיש בביתו הלך בדרך מרחוק׃

20צרור הכסף לקח בידו ליום הכסא יבא ביתו׃

21הטתו ברב לקחה בחלק שפתיה תדיחנו׃

22הולך אחריה פתאם כשור אל טבח יבוא וכעכס אל מוסר אויל׃23

עד יפלח חץ כבדו כמהר צפור אל פח ולא ידע כי בנפשו הוא׃

 

Proverbs משלי (MaShaLey) 22:14

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of יהוה (Yahuah) shall fall therein.

14שוחה עמקה פי זרות זעום יהוה יפול שם׃

 

The Prophets

Jeremiah ירמיה (YeRaMe’YaH) 3:1

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith יהוה (Yahuah).

1לאמר הן ישלח איש את אשתו והלכה מאתו והיתה לאיש אחר הישוב אליה עוד הלוא חנוף תחנף הארץ ההיא ואת זנית רעים רבים ושוב אלי נאם יהוה׃

2 Samuel שמואל ב (ShaMu’AL B) 12

1 And יהוה (Yahuah) sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.5 And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As יהוה (Yahuah) liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith יהוה (Yahuah) Alaheym of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;8 And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of יהוה (Yahuah), to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.11 Thus saith יהוה (Yahuah), Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against יהוה (Yahuah). And Nathan said unto David, יהוה (Yahuah) also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of יהוה (Yahuah) to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And יהוה (Yahuah) struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.16 David therefore besought Alaheym for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of יהוה (Yahuah), and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether Alaheym will be gracious to me, that the child may live?23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

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