Deuteronomy 22:23

If a man meets a girl, a virgin engaged to another man, and sleeps with her there in the town,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

22If a man is found sleeping with someone else's wife, both the man and the woman must die. You must eliminate the evil from Israel.

24then you must take both of them to the town gate and stone them to death. The young woman is guilty because she did not cry out for help in the town, and the man is guilty because he has brought shame on someone else's fiancée. You must eliminate the evil from among you.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:7Is there any man here who is engaged to a woman and hasn't married her? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will marry her.”

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:14-30

The Punishment of Fornication. ( b. c. 1451.) 13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: 15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and… Read the whole commentary →

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