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Originally Posted by Catherine Moore
Well, several answers are there, Brother, but its not clear to me where that one is.
Obviously the woman will be stoned on her wedding night per Deuteronomy 22:20-21 However, there is the punishment for the man to be thought of. It seems that the theft of virginity goes unpunished if the rapist simply has the common sense to deny it was him or run away. Now sure, he's punished in Hell in the afterlife (and may be killed directly by God - Romans 6:23) but that's no good to the poor father of the girl is it? Does his crime go totally unpunished?
Could you point me to where these answers are to be found, Brother? I'm certain you're not mistaken.
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Sister Catherine you are so nearly there!
Deuteronomy 22:28-29 "If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days."
So the rapist has not paid the fifty shekels or married her by running away, clearly he has 'stolen or dealt falsely':
Leviticus 19:11
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
That's enough help - now find what the punishment should be.
Yours in Christ