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Leviticus 19:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, 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.
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Role in This Section
This verse addresses sex with an enslaved, pledged woman through an unequal ancient status distinction.
Read It With
- Leviticus 19:19-22
Read through 19:19-22 and watch how each actor, material, status, or command relates. Leviticus 19:20 addresses sex with an enslaved, pledged woman through an unequal ancient status distinction; the whole unit establishes this: Animal breeding, seed, and fabric mixtures are prohibited, while intercourse with a designated enslaved woman who is not free leads to investigation, no execution, and a man's reparation offering.
Why It Needs Context
This verse addresses sex with an enslaved, pledged woman through an unequal ancient status distinction. Its force depends on Leviticus 19:19-22, where the complete ritual, legal, narrative, or calendar movement supplies the teachable claim.
Continue in Context
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Read Leviticus 19:19-22 — Mixtures and a coerced-status sexual case receive different rulesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 19:19-22, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 19:19-22
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