Deuteronomy 22:23-24

New International Version

²³If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, ²⁴you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the young woman because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.^(A)

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Deuteronomy 22:23-24

English Standard Version

²³“If there is a ^(A)betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, ²⁴then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife. ^(B)So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

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Deuteronomy 22:23-24

New American Standard Bible

²³“^(A)If there is a girl who is a virgin ^[a]betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps with her, ²⁴then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them ^[b]to death: the girl, because she did not cry out for help though she was in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 22:23 A betrothed couple was considered legally married, but did not yet live together
Deuteronomy 22:24 Lit with stones so that they die

Deuteronomy 22:23-24

New King James Version

²³“If a young woman who is a virgin is ^(A)betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, ²⁴then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he ^(B)humbled his neighbor’s wife; ^(C)so you shall put away the evil from among you.

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