25. But if the man met up with the engaged woman in a field, grabbing her and having sex with her there, only the man will die.
26. Don’t do anything whatsoever to the young woman. She hasn’t committed any capital crime—rather, this situation is exactly like the one where someone attacks his neighbor and kills him.
27. Since the man met up with her in a field, the engaged woman may well have called out for help, but there was no one to rescue her.
28. If a man meets up with a young woman who is a virgin and not engaged, grabs her and has sex with her, and they are caught in the act,
29. the man who had sex with her must give fifty silver shekels to the young woman’s father. She will also become his wife because he has humiliated her. He is never allowed to divorce her.
30. A man cannot marry his father’s former wife so that his father’s private matters are not exposed.