Deuteronomy 22:23

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If there is a young woman who is a virgin betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

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  • Matt 1:18-19 : 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened in this way: When his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her quietly.
  • Deut 20:7 : 7 If anyone is engaged to a woman but has not yet married her, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another man marry her.

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    24 then you shall bring both of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death: the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.

    25 But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and forces her and lies with her, only the man who has done this shall die.

    26 You shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like when a man rises against his neighbor and murders him.

    27 For he found her in the field, and though the betrothed young woman cried out for help, there was no one to rescue her.

    28 If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin and not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

    29 then the man who lay with her shall give fifty shekels of silver to the young woman’s father, and she shall become his wife. Because he has violated her, he can never divorce her as long as he lives.

  • Deut 22:13-22
    10 verses
    86%

    13 If a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and then turns against her,

    14 accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

    15 then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the elders at the gate of the town.

    16 The father shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, and now he has turned against her.'

    17 And now he has made false accusations against her, saying, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the city.

    18 The elders of that city shall take the man and discipline him.

    19 They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall remain his wife, and he can never divorce her as long as he lives.

    20 But if the accusation is true and there is no proof of the young woman's virginity,

    21 then they shall bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones. She has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by being promiscuous while in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

    22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman who were together must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

  • 86%

    16 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man must still pay the bride price for virgins.

    17 Do not allow a sorceress to live.

  • Num 5:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

    12 Speak to the Israelites: If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,

    13 and another man has sexual relations with her secretly, and it is hidden from her husband, and she is not caught but has become defiled, even though there is no witness against her,

  • 20 If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave designated for another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be an inquiry, but they are not to be put to death because she had not been freed.

  • 20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and defiled yourself, and if a man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you—

  • 7 If anyone is engaged to a woman but has not yet married her, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another man marry her.

  • 30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.

  • 11 if you see among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

  • 13 He must marry a woman who is a virgin.

  • 9 If he designates her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

  • 2 If a man or woman in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you is found to have committed an evil act in the sight of the LORD your God, violating His covenant,

  • 1 If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

  • 18 If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual impurity and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source of blood, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

  • 24 Look, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Let me bring them out to you now, and you may abuse them and do to them whatever you think best. But do not commit this disgraceful act against this man.

  • Lev 18:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

    20 Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

  • 6 But if her father rules against her when he hears about it, none of her vows or pledges by which she has obligated herself will stand. The LORD will forgive her because her father has objected to it.

  • 12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women who were virgins and had not been intimate with a man. They brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

  • 5 take the man or woman who has committed this evil deed out to your city gates and stone that person to death.

  • 36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are strong and he feels it must be so, let him do as he wants. He is not sinning; they should marry.

  • Lev 20:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

    11 If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

  • 2 And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He seized her, lay with her, and violated her.

  • 3 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself by a promise, he must not break his word; he must do everything he said.

  • 11 One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

  • 24 If a man has sexual relations with her and her menstrual flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days. Any bed he lies on will also be unclean.

  • 16 The young woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.

  • 16 If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

  • 28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to conceive children.

  • 16 If he annuls them after he hears of them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.

  • 3 And also for his virgin sister, who is near to him and has not been married, he may defile himself for her.

  • 13 She shall remove the clothes of her captivity and remain in your house, mourning her father and mother for a full month. After that, you may go to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.