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Deuteronomy 22:23

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If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her,

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Deuteronomy 22:23 in other translations

If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

Deuteronomy 22:23 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 22:23 in context

  1. 21then they shall bring out the young lady to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father’s house. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
  2. 22If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel.
  3. 23If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her,
  4. 24then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn’t cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor’s wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
  5. 25But if the man finds the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die;