But if a man find a betrothed young woman in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Hold. Septuagint, "offering violence "as also ver. 28. (Haydock)
Die. Moses supposes that the woman in the field had made all possible resistance, and that the one in the city had, by silence at least, consented. But if the case were otherwise, the judges were to make all necessary enquiries, and pass sentence accordingly. (Calmet)
