25 “But if the man finds the girl who is betrothed in the field, and the man seizes her and [a]rapes her, then only the man who [b]raped her shall die. 26 And you are not to do anything to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, [c]so is this case.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:25 Lit lies down with
  2. Deuteronomy 22:25 Lit lies down with
  3. Deuteronomy 22:26 I.e., she is only a victim

25 But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die. 26 Do nothing to the woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbor,

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