²⁰‘And if this thing hath been truth—tokens of virginity have not been found for the damsel— ²¹then they have brought out the damsel unto the opening of her father’s house, and stoned her have the men of her city with stones, and she hath died, for she hath done folly in Israel, to go a-whoring in her father’s house; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

²²‘When a man is found lying with a woman, married to a husband, then they have died even both of them, the man who is lying with the woman, also the woman; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of Israel.

²³‘When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her; ²⁴then ye have brought them both out unto the gate of that city, and stoned them with stones, and they have died:—the damsel, because that she hath not cried, being in a city; and the man, because that he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

²⁵‘And if in a field the man find the damsel who is betrothed, and the man hath laid hold on her, and lain with her, then hath the man who hath lain with her died alone; ²⁶and to the damsel thou dost not do anything, the damsel hath no deadly sin; for as a man riseth against his neighbour and hath murdered him—the life, so is this thing; ²⁷for in a field he found her, she hath cried—the damsel who is betrothed—and she hath no saviour.

²⁸‘When a man findeth a damsel, a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found, ²⁹then hath the man who is lying with her given to the father of the damsel fifty silverlings, and to him she is for a wife; because that he hath humbled her, he is not able to send her away all his days.

³⁰‘A man doth not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s skirt.

Chapter 23

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