22:22 If a man is caught having sexual relations with 5 a married woman 6 both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge 7 evil from Israel.
1 tn Heb “Who [is] the man.”
2 tn Heb “deeds of things”; NRSV “makes up charges against her”; NIV “slanders her.”
3 tn Heb “brings against her a bad name”; NIV “gives her a bad name.”
4 tn Heb “drew near to her.” This is another Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations.
5 tn Heb “lying with” (so KJV, NASB), a Hebrew idiom for sexual relations.
6 tn Heb “a woman married to a husband.”
7 tn Heb “burn.” See note on the phrase “purge out” in Deut 21:21.
8 tn Heb “hates.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15.
9 tn Heb “writes her a document of divorce.”