• Mac@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Ah, you’re saying that it isnt as simple as the modern book definition of adultry.
    I apologize for my ignorance.

    • treefrog@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      No worries.

      It was less about being faithful than making sure property wasn’t passed down to illegitimate children.

      And the mechanism for doing that was scaring women shitless by stoning offenders to death unfortunately.