20 (A)Now if a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free. 21 He shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord to the doorway of the tent of meeting, (B)a ram as a guilt offering. 22 The priest shall also make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.

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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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Footnotes

  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”