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26 But you shall not do anything[a] to the young woman, for there is not reckoned against[b] the young woman a sin deserving death;[c] it is similar to when[d] a man rises up against his neighbor and murders him, a fellow human being,[e] just so is this case,[f] 27 for he found her in the field, the engaged young woman cried out, but there was no[g] rescuer to help her.[h]

28 “If a man finds a young woman, a virgin who is not engaged, and he seizes her and he has sex with her[i] and they are caught,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:26 Hebrew “a thing”
  2. Deuteronomy 22:26 Hebrew “to”
  3. Deuteronomy 22:26 Literally “a sin of death”
  4. Deuteronomy 22:26 Literally “for as that”
  5. Deuteronomy 22:26 Literally “a soul/individual person”
  6. Deuteronomy 22:26 Literally “thing/matter”
  7. Deuteronomy 22:27 Hebrew “there was not”
  8. Deuteronomy 22:27 Literally “for her”
  9. Deuteronomy 22:28 Literally “he lies with her”