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Deuteronomy 22:23-29

23“Ifכִּ֤יkiH3588there is a girlנַעֲרָ֣הna.'arH5291who is a virginבְתוּלָ֔הve.tu.LahH1330betrothedמְאֹרָשָׂ֖הme.'o.ra.SahH781to a manלְאִ֑ישׁle.'IshH376, and anothermanאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376findsוּמְצָאָ֥הּu.me.tza.'AhH4672her in the cityבָּעִ֖ירba.'IrH5892and sleepsוְשָׁכַ֥בve.sha.KhavH7901with her,

24then you shall bringוְהוֹצֵאתֶ֨םve.ho.tze.TemH3318them bothשְׁנֵיהֶ֜םshe.nei.HemH8147outH3318to the gateשַׁ֣עַר׀Sha.'arH8179of that cityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892and you shall stoneוּסְקַלְתֶּ֨ם בָּאֲבָנִים֮u.se.kal.Tem ba.'a.va.NimH5619 H68themto deathוָמֵתוּ֒va.me.TuH4191:the girlהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗הha.na.'arH5291,becauseעַל־ דְּבַר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר'al- de.Var 'a.SherH5921 H1697 H834she did not cryH6817outH6817forH6817helpצָעֲקָ֣הtza.'a.KahH6817though she wasin the cityבָעִ֔ירva.'IrH5892,and the manהָאִ֔ישׁha.'IshH376,becauseעַל־ דְּבַ֥ר אֲשֶׁר־'al- de.Var 'a.Sher-H5921 H1697 H834he has violatedעִנָּ֖ה'i.NahH6031his neighbor’sרֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.huH7453wifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802.So you shall eliminateוּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥u.vi.'ar.TaH1197the evilהָרָ֖עha.Ra'H7451from amongמִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ סmi.kir.Be.chaH7130you.

25“But ifוְֽאִם־ve.'im-H518the manהָאִ֗ישׁha.'IshH376findsיִמְצָ֣אyim.Tza'H4672the girlהַֽנַּעֲרָה֙ha.na.'arH5291who is betrothedהַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔הham.'O.ra.SahH781in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֞הba.sa.DehH7704,and the manהָאִ֖ישׁha.'IshH376seizesוְהֶחֱזִֽיק־ve.he.che.zik-H2388her andrapesוְשָׁכַ֣בve.sha.KhavH7901her, then onlyלְבַדּֽוֹ׃le.va.DoH905the manהָאִ֛ישׁha.'IshH376whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834rapedשָׁכַ֥בsha.KhavH7901her shall dieוּמֵ֗תu.MetH4191.

26And you are not to doתַעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.SehH6213anythingדָבָ֔רda.VarH1697to the girlוְלַֽנַּעֲרָה֙ve.la.na.'arH5291;thereH369isH369noH369sinחֵ֣טְאchet'H2399in the girlלַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הla.na.'arH5291worthy ofdeathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194,for justH3512asH3512a manאִ֤ישׁ'ishH376risesיָק֨וּםya.KumH6965againstעַל־'al-H5921his neighborרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙re.'E.huH7453and murdersוּרְצָח֣וֹu.re.tza.ChoH7523him,soכֵּ֖ןkenH3651is thisהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088caseהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697.

27Whenכִּ֥יkiH3588he foundמְצָאָ֑הּme.tza.'AhH4672her in the fieldבַשָּׂדֶ֖הva.sa.DehH7704,the betrothedהַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔הham.'O.ra.SahH781girlהַֽנַּעֲרָה֙ha.na.'arH5291criedH6817outH6817,but thereH369wasH369noH369one to saveמוֹשִׁ֖יעַmo.Shi.a'H3467her.

28“Ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588a manאִ֗ישׁ'IshH376findsיִמְצָ֣אyim.Tza'H4672a girlנַעֲרָ֤הna.'arH5291who is a virginבְתוּלָה֙ve.tu.LahH1330,whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834is not betrothedאֹרָ֔שָׂה'o.Ra.sahH781,and he seizesוּתְפָשָׂ֖הּu.te.fa.SahH8610her and hasH7901sexualH7901relationsH7901with her, and they are discoveredוְנִמְצָֽאוּ׃ve.nim.Tza.'uH4672,

29then the manהָאִ֨ישׁha.'IshH376who hadH7901sexualH7901relationsH7901with her shall giveוְ֠נָתַןVe.na.tanH5414the girl’sהַֽנַּעֲרָ֖הha.na.'arH5291fatherלַאֲבִ֥יla.'a.ViH1fiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֣יםcha.mi.ShimH2572shekelsof silverכָּ֑סֶףKa.sefH3701,and she shall becomeתִהְיֶ֣הtih.YehH1961his wifeלְאִשָּׁ֗הle.'i.ShahH802,becauseתַּ֚חַת אֲשֶׁ֣רTa.chat 'a.SherH8478 H834he has violatedעִנָּ֔הּ'i.NahH6031her; he is not allowedיוּכַ֥לyu.KhalH3201to divorceשַׁלְּחָ֖הsha.le.ChahH7971her allכָּל־kol-H3605his daysיָמָֽיו׃ סya.MavH3117.

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