Deuteronomy 22:13-21 I assume the "problem" with these verses isthat they proscribe the death penalty for a woman who lied about her virginity. To understand what is happening, and why God have this law, we need to understand what the historical context is and what God is doing. First, here are the verses we're talking about.

This is what Deuteronomy 22:13-21 says (NLT):

"Suppose a man marries a woman and, after sleeping with her, changes his mind about her and falsely accuses her of having slept with another man. He might say, "I discovered she was not a virgin when I married her." If the man does this, the woman's father and mother must bring the proof of her virginity to the leaders of the town. Her father must tell them, "I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, and now he has turned against her. He has accused her of shameful things, claiming that she was not a virgin when he married her. But here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." Then they must spread the cloth before the judges. The judges must then punish the man. They will fine him 100 pieces of silver, for he falsely accused a virgin of Israel. The payment will be made to the woman's father. The woman will then remain the man's wife, and he may never divorce her.

But suppose the man's accusations are true, and her virginity could not be proved.In such cases, the judges must take the girl to the door of her father's home, and the net of the town Wellstone hurt to death. She has committed a disgraceful crying in Israel by being promiscuous while living in her parents home. Such evil must be cleansed from among you."

To start, there are three types of law in the Old Testament. The moral law, the ceremonial law and the civil law.

The moral law includes things such as the Ten Commandments, and prohibitions against homosexuality. The moral law is still in effect today.

The ceremonial law is related to the Temple and atonement for sin. The ceremonial law ended when Christ was crucified.

The civil law, which is the category in which the above verses fall, was provided to guide the Israelites in their relationships with other people, and to keep them healthy and safe--just as the civil law provided by our federal, state and local governments does. The civil law of the Bible no longer applies because we no longer face many of the problems and situations the Israelites faced in 1,500 B.C..

The civil law of the BIble also had an additional purpose, but first some historical background:

Deuteronomy is a record of Moses final speach just before he died and just before the Israelite entered the promised land. In Deuteronomy Moses is summarizing God's instructions to the Isratelite people. It is approximately 40 years after they left Egypt. Israele is not yet a nation, they are just a group of people. Their have a background of 400 years of living in the pagan culture of Egypt. They are about to enter a land in which the current occupants are heavily involved with sexual practices as a part of their religion. God does not want His people to accept and become involved in those religious practices.

More coming... sorry. I ran out of time.