TRIV What should be done if a man rapes an unbetrothed virgin damsel?

And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them. Deuteronomy 7:16

Trivia: According to Deuteronomy 20:13, what must you do the males of a city that God delivers to you?

What should be done if a man rapes an unbetrothed virgin damsel?


Have the man marry the damsel after paying her father fifty shekels

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. Deuteronomy 22:28
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. Deuteronomy 22:28

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