Deuteronomy 22:13–30 — Rules about marriage and rape

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Deu 22:13–30

22:13 Rules about marriage and rape

13 If a man takes a wife and sleeps with her, then hates her 14 and accuses her of shameful things, destroying her reputation and claiming that she hadn’t been a virgin, 15 then the young woman’s parents must show the evidence of her virginity[fn] to the elders at the city gate. 16 The young woman’s father must tell the elders how he gave his daughter to the man as a wife, but now he’s rejected her 17 and made shameful accusations about her not being a virgin. Then the parents must spread out that cloth and show it to the city elders. 18 Then the city elders must punish that man 19 and fine him a hundred silver coins to be paid to the young woman’s father for defaming an Israeli virgin. Then she’ll remain as his wife and he’ll be prohibited from ever divorcing her.

20 However, if the accusation was true and the young woman hadn’t been a virgin, 21 then they must take her to the doorway of her father’s house. Then the men from that city must execute her by throwing rocks at her, because she’s done a disgraceful thing in Yisrael (Israel)—committing fornication while she still lived in her father’s house. That’s how you’ll remove evil from your country.

22 If a man is discovered sleeping with another man’s wife, then both of them must be executed. That’s how you’ll remove evil from Yisrael.

23 If a young woman is engaged to a man, and another man sleeps with her, 24 then you must execute both of them at the city gate by throwing rocks at them—the young woman because she didn’t scream, and the man for defiling another man’s fiancée.

25 If the man found the young woman out in the countryside and overpowers her and rapes her, then the man must be executed 26 but don’t do anything to that woman because she’s not worthy of death. (This is similar to the case of a man murdering another man out in the countryside.) 27 When that man found her out in the countryside, then she would have cried out for help, but no one was there to save her.

28 If a man overpowers a young woman who’s not engaged, and rapes her, and it’s discovered,[ref] 29 that man must pay her father fifty silver coins, and she’ll become his wife because he’s violated her. He’ll then be prohibited from ever divorcing her.

30 A man must never sleep with any of his father’s wives because that would expose his father’s nakedness.[ref]

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13 If/because a _man he _will _take a _wife and_he _will _go to_her/it and_he_will _hate _her.

14 And_he _will _make to/for_her/it deeds _of words/messages and_he _will _send _forth on/upon_it(f) a _name bad and_saying(ms) DOM the_woman (the)_this I _took and_I _drew _near to_her/it and_not I _found to/for_her/it virginiti(es).

15 And_he/it _will _take the _father _of the[fn] and_mother _of_her and_they _will _bring _forth DOM the _virginiti(es)_of the[fn] to the _elders _of the_city the_gate.

16 And_saying(ms) the _father _of the[fn][fn][fn][fn] to the_elders DOM daughter _of_my I _gave to_man the_this to/for_(a)_woman and_he_hated _her.

17 And_BEHOLD/LO/SEE he he _has _made deeds _of words/messages to_say not I _found to_daughter _of_your virginiti(es) and_these are_the _virginiti(es)_of my _daughter _of_my and_they _will _spread _out the_garment to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the _elders _of the_city.

18 And_ the _elders _of the_city the_that _they _will _take DOM the_man and_they _will _punish DOM_him/it.

19 And_they _will _impose _a _fine _on DOM_him/it a _hundred silver and_they _will _give_them to_the _father _of the _young _woman if/because he _has _sent _forth a _name bad on (the)_virgin _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_to/for_him/it she _will _belong to/for_(a)_woman not he _will _be _able to_send_her _away[fn][fn][fn] all _of his/its_days.

20 And_if truth the_message the_this it _was not virginiti(es) they _were _found mmm[fn].

21 And_they _will _bring _out DOM the[fn] to the _entrance _of the _house _of her _father _of_her and_they_will _stone _her the _men _of her _city _of_her with_stones and_she _will _die if/because she _has _done a _disgraceful _folly in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) by_acting _as _a _prostitute the _house _of her _father _of_her and_you _will _remove the_evil from_midst _of_your.

22 If/because a _man he _will _be _found lying with a _woman married _of a _husband and_ also both _of_them the_man who_lay with the_woman and_the_woman _they _will _die and_you _will _remove the_evil from_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

23 If/because he _will _be a _young _woman[fn] a _virgin betrothed to_a _man and_he_will _find _her a _man in_city and_he _will _lie with_her/it.

24 And_you(pl)_will _bring _out DOM both _of_them to the _gate _of the_city the_that and_you(pl)_will _stone DOM_them with_stones and_they _will _die DOM the[fn] on the _thing _of (of)_that not she _cried _for _help in_city and_DOM the_man on the _thing _of (of)_that he _has _humiliated DOM the _wife _of his/its_neighbour and_you _will _remove the_evil from_midst _of_your.

25 And_if in _the_field the_man he _will _find DOM the[fn] betrothed and_he _will _take _hold on_her the_man and_he _will _lie with_her/it and_ the_man who he _lay with_her/it _he _will _die for_him/it_being _alone.

26 And[fn][fn][fn] not you _will _do anything there_belongs_not mmm[fn] sin _of death if/because just_as someone he _will _arise on his/its_neighbour and_he_will _kill _him life is_so the_matter (the)_this.

27 If/because in_country he_found _her she _cried _for _help the[fn] betrothed and_there_was_not a _deliverer to/for_her/it.

28 If/because a _man he _will _find a _young _woman[fn] a _virgin who not she _is _betrothed and_he_will _seize _her and_he _will _lie with_her/it and_they _will _be _found.

29 And_he/it _gave the_man lay with_her/it to_the _father _of the[fn] fifty silver and_to/for_him/it she _will _belong to/for_(a)_woman because that he_has _humiliated _her not he _will _be _able to_send _her _away[fn][fn][fn] all _of his/its_days.

22:15 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה’: lemma=d/5291 n=1.0 morph=HTd/Ncfsa id=05jCu הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה

22:15 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֛ה’: lemma=d/5291 n=0.0.0 morph=HTd/Ncfsa id=05U11 הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֛ה

22:16 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעַרָ֖ה’: lemma=d/5291 n=1.0 morph=HTd/Ncfsa id=05DcB הַֽ/נַּעַרָ֖ה

22:16 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

22:16 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

22:16 OSHB note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.

22:19 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

22:19 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

22:19 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

22:20 OSHB variant note: ל/נער: (x-qere) ’לַֽ/נַּעֲרָֽה’: lemma=l/5291 n=0 morph=HRd/Ncfsa id=05nD3 לַֽ/נַּעֲרָֽה

22:21 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֜ה’: lemma=d/5291 n=1.2.1.0 morph=HTd/Ncfsa id=05BCo הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֜ה

22:23 OSHB variant note: נער: (x-qere) ’נַעֲרָ֣ה’: lemma=5291 morph=HNcfsa id=05138 נַעֲרָ֣ה

22:24 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֗ה’: lemma=d/5291 n=1.2.1 morph=HTd/Ncfsa id=05P19 הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֗ה

22:25 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙’: lemma=d/5291 n=1.1.0 morph=HTd/Ncfsa id=05oHD הַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙

22:26 OSHB variant note: ו/ל/נער: (x-qere) ’וְ/לַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙’: lemma=c/l/5291 n=1.1.0 morph=HC/Rd/Ncfsa id=05KPR וְ/לַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙

22:26 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

22:26 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

22:26 OSHB variant note: ל/נער: (x-qere) ’לַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה’: lemma=l/5291 n=1.0 morph=HRd/Ncfsa id=051j8 לַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה

22:27 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙’: lemma=d/5291 n=0.1.0 morph=HTd/Ncfsa id=053Hq הַֽ/נַּעֲרָה֙

22:28 OSHB variant note: נער: (x-qere) ’נַעֲרָ֤ה’: lemma=5291 morph=HNcfsa id=05tB6 נַעֲרָ֤ה

22:29 OSHB variant note: ה/נער: (x-qere) ’הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה’: lemma=d/5291 n=1.0 morph=HTd/Ncfsa id=05FRd הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ה

22:29 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

22:29 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

22:29 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

Literal Version DEU 23:1

23 [fn] Not a _man he _will _take DOM the _wife _of his/its_father and_not he _will _uncover the _skirt _of his/its_father.

23:1 Note: KJB: Deut.22.30

22:15 Presumably, the blood-stained sheet.

22:28-29: Exo 22:16-17.

22:30: Lev 18:8; 20:11; Deu 27:20.

22:15 Note: KJB: Exod.22.16

22:16 Note: KJB: Exod.22.17

OET-RV by cross-referenced section DEUT 22:13

Rules about marriage and rape

Deu 22:13–30

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