And the daughter of any priest, if she defiles herself by playing the harlot, she defiles her father: she shall be burned with fire.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fire. Provided she be betrothed, and still in her father's house; so that the infamy fall upon him. (Jonathan)
For if she be with her husband, she must undergo the usual punishment of stoning. Other young women received no corporal punishment for simple fornication: the man was bound to marry them, if the father consented; and, at any rate, he was forced to give them a dowry, Exodus xxii. 16. (Calmet)
But if the woman pretended falsely that they were virgins, they were stoned, Deuteronomy xxii. 20.
