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20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; [a]they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a trespass-offering. 22 And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned: and the sin which he hath sinned shall be forgiven him.

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  1. Leviticus 19:20 Hebrew there shall be inquisition.

20 “‘And when a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen and she is a female slave promised to a man, but[a] she indeed has not been ransomed or freedom has not be given to her, there shall be an obligation to compensate; they shall not be put to death, because she has not been freed. 21 And he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahweh at the tent of assembly’s entrance: a ram for a guilt offering. 22 And the priest shall make atonement for him before[b] Yahweh with the ram of the guilt offering for his sin that he committed,[c] and so his sin that he committed[d] shall be forgiven him.

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  1. Leviticus 19:20 Or “and”
  2. Leviticus 19:22 Literally “to the faces of”
  3. Leviticus 19:22 Literally “sinned”
  4. Leviticus 19:22 Literally “sinned”