^{22 Ref} If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.

^{23 Ref} If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

^{24 Ref} Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.

^{25 Ref} But if the man, meeting such a virgin in the open country, takes her by force, then only the man is to be put to death;

^{26 Ref} Nothing is to be done to the virgin, because there is no cause of death in her: it is the same as if a man made an attack on his neighbour and put him to death:

^{27 Ref} For he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.

^{28 Ref} If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;

^{29 Ref} Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.

^{30 Ref} A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.