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Deuteronomy 22:25

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22:25 But if the man came across 1  the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped 2  her, then only the rapist 3  must die.
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[22:25]  1 tn Heb “found,” also in vv. 27, 28.

[22:25]  2 tn Heb “lay with” here refers to a forced sexual relationship, as the accompanying verb “seized” (חָזַק, khazaq) makes clear.

[22:25]  3 tn Heb “the man who lay with her, only him.”



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