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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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Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 22:28–29
19th Century
Bishop
Deuteronomy 22:28–29.— SEDUCTION.
See Exodus 22:16-17. The sin of seduction before marriage is punished by a hea…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 22:28
17th Century
Pastor
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not
betrothed
That is, meets with o…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 22:13–30
17th Century
Minister
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…