Deuteronomy 22:28

If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not engaged, and he grabs her and rapes her, and someone sees them,

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If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

In Context

27When the man raped the woman who was engaged out in the countryside, she shouted out, but there wasn't anyone there to rescue her.

29the man must pay the woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and he must marry her because he has brought shame on her. He is not allowed to divorce her as long as he lives.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:16If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the full bride-price for her to become his wife.

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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