Deuteronomy 22:28

If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her, and lies with her, and they are found;

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WEBBE

If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her and lies with her, and they are found,

BSB

If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

KJV

If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

ASV

If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

BBE

If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 13–30

These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.