25 But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die.
25 "But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
25 But if it was out in the country that the man found the engaged girl and grabbed and raped her, only the man is to die, the man who raped her.
25 "But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the countryside, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.
25 "But if the man meets the engaged woman out in the country, and he rapes her, then only the man must die.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:25
Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:13-30
(Read Deuteronomy 22:13-30)
These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.