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Deuteronomy 22:25-27
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 22:25-27
New English Translation
25 But if the man came across[a] the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped[b] her, then only the rapist[c] must die. 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[d] and murders him, 27 for the man[e] met her in the field and the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.
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- Deuteronomy 22:25 tn Heb “found,” also in vv. 27, 28.
- Deuteronomy 22:25 tn Heb “lay with” here refers to a forced sexual relationship, as the accompanying verb “seized” (חָזַק, khazaq) makes clear.
- Deuteronomy 22:25 tn Heb “the man who lay with her, only him.”
- Deuteronomy 22:26 tn Heb “his neighbor.”
- Deuteronomy 22:27 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man who attacked the woman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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