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Old 06-10-2016, 01:13 PM   #1047 (permalink)
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2 Samuel 13:12-14 ESV

"She [Tamar] answered him [Amnon], “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this outrageous thing."

The word "rape" might not been used, by from context you can extrapolate that it was 1). a violation, it was seen as 2.) outrageous, and it was also 3.) "not done in Israel" -- meaning it was not legal.
Because rape was wrong, or because it made a woman no longer a virgin and therefore unfit for marriage?
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