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. Cross References Deuteronomy 21:22 If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree, Deuteronomy 22:25 But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die. Deuteronomy 22:27 When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her. Treasury of Scripture But to the damsel you shall do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and slays him, even so is this matter: no sin Deuteronomy 21:22 |
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