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Deuteronomy 22:28 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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, "
Deuteronomy 22:28
Verse in Context
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26 but to the lady you shall do nothing. There is in the lady no sin worthy of death; for as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter;
27 for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was no one to save her.
28 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,
29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady’s father fifty shekels of silver. She shall be his wife, because he has humbled her. He may not put her away all his days.
30 A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.
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Deuteronomy 22:1
"You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them. You shall surely bring them again to your brother."
Deuteronomy 22:2
"If your brother isn’t near to you, or if you don’t know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother comes looking for it, and you shall restore it to him."
Deuteronomy 22:3
"So you shall do with his donkey. So you shall do with his garment. So you shall do with every lost thing of your brother’s, which he has lost and you have found. You may not hide yourself."
Deuteronomy 22:4
"You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them. You shall surely help him to lift them up again."
Deuteronomy 22:5
"A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God."
Deuteronomy 22:6
"If you come across a bird’s nest on the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young."
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