²²If a man lie with another man’s wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel.

²³If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie with her,

²⁴Thou shalt bring them both out to the gate of that city, and they shall be stoned: the damsel, because she cried not out, being in the city: the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife. And thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee.

²⁵But if a man find a damsel that is betrothed, in the field, and taking hold of her, lie with her, he alone shall die:

²⁶The damsel shall suffer nothing, neither is she guilty of death: for as a robber riseth against his brother, and taketh away his life, so also did the damsel suffer:

²⁷She was alone in the field: she cried, and there was no man to help her.

²⁸If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, who is not espoused, and taking her, lie with her, and the matter come to judgment:

²⁹He that lay with her shall give to the father of the maid fifty sicles of silver, and shall have her to wife, because he hath humbled her: he may not put her away all the days of his life.

Read in Logos

Public Domain