Leviticus 19:20

Lying with a Slave Woman

19:20 “‘When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, ¹  although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. ²  They must not be put to death, because she was not free.

Deuteronomy 22:23-24

22:23 If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets ³  her in the city and has sexual relations with ⁴  her, 22:24 you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated ⁵  his neighbor’s fiancée; ⁶  in this way you will purge ⁷  evil from among you.

[19:20]  ¹ tn Heb “And a man when he lies with a woman the lying of seed.”

[19:20]  ² sn That is, the woman had previously been assigned for marriage to another man but the marriage deal had not yet been consummated. In the meantime, the woman has lost her virginity and has, therefore, lost part of her value to the master in the sale to the man for whom she had been designated. Compensation was, therefore, required (see the explanation in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 130-31).

[22:23]  ³ tn Heb “finds.”

[22:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “lies with.”

[22:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “humbled.”

[22:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “wife.”

[22:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “burn.” See note on the phrase “purge out” in Deut 21:21.