19. They must fine him 40 ounces of silver. They will give the money to the girl’s father because her husband brought shame to an Israelite girl. And the girl will continue to be the man’s wife. He cannot divorce her for the rest of his life.
20. “But what the husband said about his wife might be true. The wife’s parents might not have the proof that she was a virgin. If this happens,
21. the town leaders must bring the girl to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of the town must kill her with stones, because she has done a shameful thing in Israel. She has acted like a prostitute in her father’s house. You must remove this evil from your group.
22. “If a man is found having sexual relations with another man’s wife, both of them must die—the woman and the man who had sexual relations with her. You must remove this evil from Israel.
23. “A man might meet a virgin girl engaged to another man. He might have sexual relations with her. If this happens in the city,
24. you must bring them both out to the public place near the gate of that city, and you must kill them with stones. You must kill the man, because he used another man’s wife for sexual sin. And you must kill the girl, because she was in the city but did not call for help. You must remove this evil from your people.
25. “But if a man finds an engaged girl out in the field and forces her to have sexual relations with him, only the man must die.
26. You must do nothing to the girl. She did nothing that deserves the punishment of death. This is like someone attacking their neighbor and killing them.
27. The man found the engaged girl out in the field and attacked her. Maybe she called for help, but there was no one to help her.
28. “A man might find a virgin girl who is not engaged and force her to have sexual relations with him. If other people see this happen,
29. he must pay the girl’s father 20 ounces of silver. And the girl will become the man’s wife, because he used her for sexual sin. He cannot divorce her all his life.
30. “A man must not bring shame to his father by marrying his father’s wife.