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If a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
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A Specific Legal Case
Commentators clarify that this verse describes a specific scenario distinct from both violent rape (v. 25) and simple seduction by enticement (Exodus 22:16). Scholars note the Hebrew implies an initial seizure or force ("lay hold on her") followed by an act that was ultimately consensual, making it a unique legal category.
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Deuteronomy
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19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 22:28–29.— SEDUCTION.
See Exodus 22:16-17. The sin of seduction before marriage is punished by a hea…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed That is, meets with o…
Presbyterian
These and similar regulations might have been necessary then, and yet it is not necessary that we scrupulously examine them. The laws relate to the…
