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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:25 tn Heb “found,” also in vv. 27, 28.
  2. Deuteronomy 22:25 tn Heb “lay with” here refers to a forced sexual relationship, as the accompanying verb “seized” (חָזַק, khazaq) makes clear.
  3. Deuteronomy 22:25 tn Heb “the man who lay with her, only him.”