Translations:Does the proverb about the jealous husband show that prostitution is legal? (Prov. 6:32-35)/3/en

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Nevertheless, certain interpreters have proposed reasons why we should not understand these scriptural phrases as referring to mandatory death. One of these proposals ("Victim's Rights") asserts that the (human) victims of these serious crimes (e.g. adultery, rape, kidnapping, false witness in a death penalty case) had the authority both to pardon the criminal and to accept monetary ransom in lieu of the death penalty.