Deuteronomy 22:25-29

22:25 But if the man came across ¹  the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped ²  her, then only the rapist ³  must die. 22:26 You must not do anything to the young woman – she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person ⁴  and murders him, 22:27 for the man ⁵  met her in the field and the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.

22:28 Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes ⁶  her and they are discovered. 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.

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¹ tn Heb “found,” also in vv. 27, 28.

² tn Heb “lay with” here refers to a forced sexual relationship, as the accompanying verb “seized” (חָזַק, khazaq) makes clear.

³ tn Heb “the man who lay with her, only him.”

⁴ tn Heb “his neighbor.”

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man who attacked the woman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “lies with.”