Deuteronomy 22:25

22:25 But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die.

Deuteronomy 22:29

22:29 The man who has raped her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife because he has violated her; he may never divorce her as long as he lives.


tn Heb “found,” also in vv. 27, 28.

tn Heb “lay with” here refers to a forced sexual relationship, as the accompanying verb “seized” (חָזַק, khazaq) makes clear.

tn Heb “the man who lay with her, only him.”