Deuteronomy 22:26

but, unto the damsel, shalt thou do nothing, the damsel, is not guilty of a sin worthy of death, for as when a man riseth up against his neighbour, and smiteth him so as to take away life, so, is this matter;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

In Context

25But if in the field, the man find the betrothed damsel and the man force her and lie with her, then shall the man that lay with her die he alone;

27for in the field, he found her,—the betrothed damsel, made an outcry, and there was none to save her.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:22But when there shall be in any man a sin worthy of death and he is to be put to death,—and thou shalt hang him on a tree,

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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