Deuteronomy 22:26 meaning and explanation
Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
Deuteronomy 22:26, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Moses is instructing Israel’s judges and community on how to handle a case where a betrothed woman is assaulted in open country. The previous verses require both parties to die when the woman could have cried for help in a city, but here the setting changes the verdict.
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