| Leviticus 21:9
| If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom, and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.
| Fire. Provided she be betrothed, and still in her father's house; so that the infamy fall upon him. (Jonathan) --- For if she be with her husband, she must undergo the usual punishment of stoning. Other young women received no corporal punishment for simple fornication: the man was bound to marry them, if the father consented; and, at any rate, he was forced to give them a dowry, Exodus 22:16. (Calmet) --- But if the woman pretended falsely that they were virgins, they were stoned, Deuteronomy 22:20.
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