Deuteronomy 22:23
New International Version
If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her,

New Living Translation
“Suppose a man meets a young woman, a virgin who is engaged to be married, and he has sexual intercourse with her. If this happens within a town,

English Standard Version
“If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,

Berean Standard Bible
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

King James Bible
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

New King James Version
“If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,

New American Standard Bible
“If there is a girl who is a virgin betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and sleeps with her,

NASB 1995
“If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

NASB 1977
“If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

Legacy Standard Bible
“If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

Amplified Bible
“If a young woman who is a virgin is engaged (legally betrothed) to a man, and another man finds her in the city and is intimate with her,

Christian Standard Bible
If there is a young woman who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If there is a young woman who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and has sex with her,

American Standard Version
If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And if there will be a virgin girl who is engaged to man and another man will find her in the city and he shall lie with her.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if there be a young damsel espoused to a man, and a man should have found her in the city and have lain with her;

Douay-Rheims Bible
If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie with her,

English Revised Version
If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is what you must do when a man has sexual intercourse with a virgin who is engaged to another man. If this happens in a city,

Good News Translation
"Suppose a man is caught in a town having intercourse with a young woman who is engaged to someone else.

International Standard Version
"If a man meets a young virgin lady engaged to be married in the city and has sexual relations with her,

JPS Tanakh 1917
If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

Literal Standard Version
When there is a girl, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man has found her in a city and lain with her,

Majority Standard Bible
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,

New American Bible
If there is a young woman, a virgin who is betrothed, and a man comes upon her in the city and lies with her,

NET Bible
If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and has sexual relations with her,

New Revised Standard Version
If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in the town and lies with her,

New Heart English Bible
If there is a young woman who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

Webster's Bible Translation
If a damsel that is a virgin shall be betrothed to a husband, and a man shall find her in the city, and lie with her;

World English Bible
If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her,

Young's Literal Translation
'When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Marriage Violations
22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel. 23If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her, 24you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.…

Cross References
Matthew 1:18
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 1:19
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.

Leviticus 19:20
If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

Deuteronomy 22:24
you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death--the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor's wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.


Treasury of Scripture

If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed to an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

Deuteronomy 20:7
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

Matthew 1:18,19
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost…

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Deuteronomy 22
1. Of humanity toward brothers
5. The sex is to be distinguished by apparel
6. The bird is not to be taken with her young ones
8. The house must have battlements
9. Confusion is to be avoided
12. Tassels upon the vesture
13. The punishment of him who slanders his wife
22. of adultery
23. of rape
28. of fornication
30. of incest














Deuteronomy 22:23-27. PURITY OF THE BETROTHED.

(24) His neighbour's wife.--It is evident from the language of this precept that a betrothed virgin in Israel is regarded as a wife. The man who humbles her "hath humbled his neighbour's wife." This illustrates the language of Matthew 1 Joseph, when Mary was found with child, sought to put her away (as though she were already his wife). The angel said to him, "Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife." He "took unto him his wife." From the construction of this law it follows that Jesus was the son of Joseph, according to the Scripture. The Evangelists do not seem to think it worth while to prove that He was the son of David except through his father (in law).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
If
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

there is
יִהְיֶה֙ (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a virgin
בְתוּלָ֔ה (ḇə·ṯū·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bride

pledged in marriage
מְאֹרָשָׂ֖ה (mə·’ō·rā·śāh)
Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 781: To engage for, matrimony

to a man,
לְאִ֑ישׁ (lə·’îš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and another man
אִ֛ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

encounters her
וּמְצָאָ֥הּ (ū·mə·ṣā·’āh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

in the city
בָּעִ֖יר (bā·‘îr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

and sleeps
וְשָׁכַ֥ב (wə·šā·ḵaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

with her,
עִמָּֽהּ׃ (‘im·māh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with


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