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“‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
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Verse 20. Marriageable. Hebrew “promised, or given in marriage.” Septuagint “reserved for another … she shall,” and so forth Onkelos and the Arabic version suppose also, that the woman alone was to be scourged with leather thongs; a punishment to which the Samaritan copy condemns only the man. The Rabbins agree with the Septuagint Others translate, “there shall be an enquiry made, or they shall be set free, and shall not die.”
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