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27 for he found her in the field, the engaged young woman cried out, but there was no[a] rescuer to help her.[b]

28 “If a man finds a young woman, a virgin who is not engaged, and he seizes her and he has sex with her[c] and they are caught, 29 then the man who lay with her[d] shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife[e] because[f] he violated her, and he is not allowed to divorce her during his lifetime.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:27 Hebrew “there was not”
  2. Deuteronomy 22:27 Literally “for her”
  3. Deuteronomy 22:28 Literally “he lies with her”
  4. Deuteronomy 22:29 Literally “the man the one lying with her”
  5. Deuteronomy 22:29 Literally “for/as a wife”
  6. Deuteronomy 22:29 Literally “in place of”
  7. Deuteronomy 22:29 Literally “all of his days”