Verse 23
"If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them to death with stones; the damsel because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
"But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her; then the man only that lay with her shall die: but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter; for he found her in the field, the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her."
These regulations applicable to the seduction of virgins are unique to Deuteronomy. In the first instance, the damsel is presumed to be guilty because she did not cry out, but in the second instances, even if she had cried out, there was none to rescue her. Therefore, she was presumed to be innocent. In the first case, both were stoned to death; in the second, only the man was stoned. The requirement that adulteresses be burned was applicable only to the daughter of a priest. The importance of this is evident in Revelation, where the Great Harlot is "burned with fire," indicating the RELIGIOUS nature of the Great Harlot.
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