If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and has sexual relations with her,

Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes her and they are discovered.

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and has sexual relations with her, he must surely endow her to be his wife.

and a man has sexual relations with her without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught –

But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die.

You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the Lord your God.

Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.

This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will have sexual relations with your wives in broad daylight!