22:23 If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets 4 her in the city and has sexual relations with 5 her,
22:28 Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes 6 her and they are discovered.
1 tn Heb “repeat” (so NLT). If from the root I שָׁנַן (shanan), the verb means essentially to “engrave,” that is, “to teach incisively” (Piel); note NAB “Drill them into your children.” Cf. BDB 1041-42 s.v.
2 tn Or “as you are away on a journey” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT); NAB “at home and abroad.”
3 tn Or “as you are away on a journey” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT); NAB “at home and abroad.”
5 tn Heb “finds.”
6 tn Heb “lies with.”
7 tn Heb “lies with.”
9 tn Heb “lies with any animal” (so NASB, NRSV). “To lie with” is a Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations with someone (or in this case, some animal).