New Living Translation (NLT)
Deuteronomy 22
26 Do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no crime worthy of death. She is as innocent as a murder victim.
27 Since the man raped her out in the country, it must be assumed that she screamed, but there was no one to rescue her.
28 “Suppose a man has intercourse with a young woman who is a virgin but is not engaged to be married. If they are discovered,
29 he must pay her father fifty pieces of silver. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
30 “A man must not marry his father’s former wife, for this would violate his father.
Deuteronomy 23
1 “If a man’s testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.
2 “If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.
3 “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.
4 These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.
5 But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.
6 As long as you live, you must never promote the welfare and prosperity of the Ammonites or Moabites.
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