Rape – The Law of Moses – The Brick Bible

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'If, while in a town, a man happens to meet a woman who is engaged to be married...'

1 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:23

'...and he has sex with her...'

2 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:23

'Take them both to the gate of the town and stone them to death: the girl, for not having cried for help in the town; the man, for having violated another man's wife. You must banish this evil from among you.'

3 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:24

'But if, while out in the country, a man happens to meet a girl engaged to be married...'

4 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:25

'...and seizes her and rapes her...'

5 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:25

'...the rapist alone must die.'

6 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:25

'You must do nothing to the girl. She has not committed a sin worthy of death, for she may have called out for help without anyone coming to her rescue.'

7 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:26

'If a man happens to meet a virgin woman who is not engaged to be married...'

8 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:28

'...And he seizes her and rapes her...'

9 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:28

'...but is caught in the act...'

10 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:28

'...the rapist must pay the girl's father fifty silver shekels.'

11 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:29

'She must marry the rapist, because he has violated her. And so long as he lives, he may not divorce her.'

12 of 12 Deuteronomy 22:29