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Deuteronomy 22.5
‘The woman shall not wear that which pertains unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment for all who do so are an abomination unto the Lord your God.’

What do people think about this and what it means?

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KimberleyAnne · F

thanks to everyone who took the time to reply!
I find all this really hard. SO on the original verse, I get that God is saying here that men and women are different but equal, and that we wear different clothes to respect this.
That's Ok.
But Deuteronomy 22.11 says "Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together." What does that mean? does it mean anything to us today, and if can we just ignore it?
And Deuteronomy 22.23.24 says "If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;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."
Again, I guess this is about sex before being married being not a good thing, and I actually agree with that. But stoning to death???
No-one is in favour of that are they, but if not, what do we think of the rest? how do we know which bits to follow and which to ignore?
Just when you think you're getting hold of it it seems to slip away..

Ynotisay · M

@KimberleyAnne There's dozens of passages about behavior that should result in death. Working on Sundays, adultery, not being circumcised, cursing parents, clipping your beard and on and on. I think the problem might be with thinking that 'god' said these things when it was really just a bunch of men trying to control behavior.