Leviticus 19:20
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If a man carnally lie with a woman that is a bondservant and marriageable, and yet not redeemed with a price, nor made free: they both shall be scourged: and they shall not be put to death, because she was not a free woman.

betrothed to an husband.

she shall be scourged.

Exodus 21:20,21 He that striketh his bondman, or bondwoman, with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime. . . .

Deuteronomy 22:23,24 If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie with her, . . .

Context
Keep My Decrees
19Keep ye my laws. Thou shalt not make thy cattle to gender with beasts of any other kind. Thou shalt not sow thy field with different seeds. Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of two sorts. 20If a man carnally lie with a woman that is a bondservant and marriageable, and yet not redeemed with a price, nor made free: they both shall be scourged: and they shall not be put to death, because she was not a free woman.21And for his trespass he shall offer a ram to the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.…
Cross References
Galatians 4:22
For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman and the other by a free woman.

Deuteronomy 22:23
If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie with her,

Lexicon
If
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a man
וְ֠אִישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

has sexual relations with
יִשְׁכַּ֨ב (yiš·kaḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

a slave girl
שִׁפְחָה֙ (šip̄·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8198: Maid, maidservant

promised
נֶחֱרֶ֣פֶת (ne·ḥĕ·re·p̄eṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2778: To pull off, to expose, to betroth, to carp at, defame, to spend the winter

to another man
לְאִ֔ישׁ (lə·’îš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

but who has not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

been redeemed
וְהָפְדֵּה֙ (wə·hā·p̄ə·dêh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6299: To sever, ransom, gener, to release, preserve

or
א֥וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

given
נִתַּן־ (nit·tan-)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

her freedom,
חֻפְשָׁ֖ה (ḥup̄·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2668: Liberty

there must be
תִּהְיֶ֛ה (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

due punishment.
בִּקֹּ֧רֶת (biq·qō·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1244: Examination, punishment

[But] they are not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to be put to death,
יוּמְת֖וּ (yū·mə·ṯū)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

because
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

she had not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

been freed.
חֻפָּֽשָׁה׃ (ḥup·pā·šāh)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2666: To spread loose, to manumit


Additional Translations
If a man has sexual relations with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.And whoever lies carnally with a woman, that is a female slave, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

And if any one lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home-servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, and her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited with punishment; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.

And if a man lie with a woman for copulation, and she is a bondwoman betrothed to a husband, but not at all ransomed, nor hath freedom been given to her, there shall be a chastisement: they shall not be put to death, for she was not free.

And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

And whoever lieth carnally with a woman that is a bond-maid betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged: they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

"'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

And when a man lieth with a woman with seed of copulation, and she a maid-servant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom hath not been given to her, an investigation there is; they are not put to death, for she is not free.
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