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Deuteronomy 22:25

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But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:

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  1. Deuteronomy 22:23

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

  2. Deuteronomy 22:24

    Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

  3. Deuteronomy 22:26

    But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

  4. Deuteronomy 22:27

    For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.