Deuteronomy 22:27

When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

26Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.

28If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

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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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