Women are property. That is why only married and engaged women faced the penalty of death if they did not scream. A single woman's father merely received a fine paid by the rapist because his right to ownership was not as strong.Deuteronomy 22:22-29 ***
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"In case a man is found lying down with a woman owned by an owner, both of them must then die together, the man lying down with the woman and the woman. So you must clear away what is bad out of Israel.
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"In case there happened to be a virgin girl engaged to a man, and a man actually found her in the city and lay down with her,
24 YOU must also bring them both out to the gate of that city and pelt them with stones, and they must die, the girl for the reason that she did not scream in the city, and the man for the reason that he humiliated the wife of his fellowman. So you must clear away what is evil from your midst.
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"If, however, it is in the field that the man found the girl who was engaged, and the man grabbed hold of her and lay down with her, the man who lay down with her must also die by himself,
26 and to the girl you must do nothing. The girl has no sin deserving of death, because just as when a man rises up against his fellowman and indeed murders him, even a soul, so it is with this case.
27 For it was in the field that he found her. The girl who was engaged screamed, but there was no one to rescue her.
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"In case a man finds a girl, a virgin who has not been engaged, and he actually seizes her and lies down with her, and they have been found out,
29 the man who lay down with her must also give the girl’s father fifty silver shekels, and she will become his wife due to the fact that he humiliated her. He will not be allowed to divorce her all his days.
I have seen this applied to say that only men were made in God's image. Wrong!
1 Corinthians 11:7 ***
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For a man ought not to have his head covered, as he is God’s image and glory; but the woman is man’s glory.
Why doesn't Paul encourage men to marry in the Lord or would do better to stay single?
1 Corinthians 7:39-40 ***
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A wife is bound during all the time her husband is alive. But if her husband should fall asleep [in death], she is free to be married to whom she wants, only in [the] Lord.
40 But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my opinion. I certainly think I also have God’s spirit.
Because Israelite men could marry outside the Lord (not women because they were only property and belonged to the Gentile man)
Deuteronomy 21:10-14 *** 10
"In case you go out to the battle against your enemies and Jehovah your God has given them into your hand and you have carried them away captive;
11 and you have seen among the captives a woman beautiful in form, and you have got attached to her and taken her for your wife,
12 you must then bring her into the midst of your house. She must now shave her head and attend to her nails,
13 and remove the mantle of her captivity from off her and dwell in your house and weep for her father and her mother a whole lunar month; and after that you should have relations with her, and you must take possession of her as your bride, and she must become your wife.
14 And it must occur that if you have found no delight in her, you must then send her away, agreeably to her own soul; but you must by no means sell her for money. You must not deal tyrannically with her after you have humiliated her.
