‘If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.

Has anyone become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else marry her.’

And is there any man who has betrothed a wife and has not taken her? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.’

If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her,

“If there is a betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her,

But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die.

“But if in the open country a man meets a young woman who is betrothed, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

for the man found the young woman out in the country, and though the betrothed woman screamed, there was no one to rescue her.

because he met her in the open country, and though the betrothed young woman cried for help there was no one to rescue her.

If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,

“If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found,

You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.

You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit.

Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, ‘Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.’

Then David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, for whom I paid the bridal price of a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

‘Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

‘This is what the Lord says:

‘“I remember the devotion of your youth,
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,
through a land not sown.

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,

“I remember the devotion of your youth,
your love as a bride,
how you followed me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.

I will betroth you to me for ever;
I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,
in love and compassion.

And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.

I will betroth you in faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge the Lord.

I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.

This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : his mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.

He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.

For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.