Laws Concerning Sexual Immorality
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"If any man takes a wife and z goes in to her and then hates her
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and accuses her of misconduct and brings a bad name upon her, saying, 'I took this woman, and when I came near her, I did not find in her evidence of virginity,'
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then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.
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And the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man to marry, and he hates her;
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and behold, he has accused her of misconduct, saying, "I did not find in your daughter evidence of virginity." And yet this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' And they shall spread the cloak before the elders of the city.
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Then the elders of that city shall take the man and whip him,
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and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought a bad name upon a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife. a He may not divorce her all his days.
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But if the thing is true, that evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman,
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then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and b the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has c done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father's house. d So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
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e "If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. d So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
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"If there is a f betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,
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then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife. d So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
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"But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
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But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor,
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because he met her in the open country, and though the betrothed young woman cried for help there was no one to rescue her.
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g "If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found,
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then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her. He may not divorce her all his days.
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h "A man shall not take his father's wife, so that he does not i uncover his father's nakedness.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 13:15
Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, "Get up! Go!
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Cross References
Matthew 19:8 - 9
He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
Mark 10:11
And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
Luke 16:18
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:21
Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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Cross References
Genesis 34:7
The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing must not be done.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:5
But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
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Cross References
Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with the wife of his ...
Ezekiel 16:38
And I will judge you as women who commit adulte...
Ezekiel 16:40
They shall bring up a crowd against you, and th...
Ezekiel 23:45
But righteous men shall pass judgment on them w...
Ezekiel 23:47
And the host shall stone them and cut them down...
John 8:5
Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such...
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:21
Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father's house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
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Cross References
Matthew 1:18 - 19
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:21
Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done an outrageous thing in Israel by whoring in her father's house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
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Cross References
Exodus 22:16 - 17
If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.
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Cross References
Leviticus 18:8
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:20
"'Cursed be anyone who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's nakedness.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Ruth 3:9
He said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant, for you are a redeemer.
Ezekiel 16:8
When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, and you became mine.
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