¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being ^[a]a just man, and not wanting ^(A)to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.

²¹ then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with ^(A)stones, because she has ^(B)done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house. ^(C)So you shall ^[a]put away the evil from among you.

^22 (D)“If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall die—the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

²³ “If a young woman who is a virgin is ^(E)betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, ²⁴ then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he ^(F)humbled his neighbor’s wife; ^(G)so you shall put away the evil from among you.

⁴ they said to Him, “Teacher, ^[a]this woman was caught in ^(A)adultery, in the very act. ^5 (B)Now ^[b]Moses, in the law, commanded us ^[c]that such should be stoned. But what do You ^[d]say?”

Law Concerning Divorce

24 “When a ^(A)man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some ^[a]uncleanness in her, and he writes her a ^(B)certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, ² when she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, ³ if the latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her as his wife, ^4 (C)then her former husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is ^[b]an abomination before the Lord, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Simeon Sees God’s Salvation

²⁵ And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, ^(A)waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

²⁰ for Herod ^(A)feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he ^[a]did many things, and heard him gladly.

^10 (A)‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death.

²⁴ And it came to pass, about three months after, that Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has ^(A)played the harlot; furthermore she is ^[a]with child by harlotry.”

So Judah said, “Bring her out ^(B)and let her be burned!”