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Deuteronomy 22:28
Deuteronomy 22:28 is verse 28 of Deuteronomy chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
King James Version
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
World English Bible
If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her and lies with her, and they are found,
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Deuteronomy 22:26–30 · Berean Standard Bible
26 Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
27 When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
28 If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
29 then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
30 A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 22:16If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
Exodus 22:17If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.