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<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Dear M</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Thank you for writing asking whether Gentile-Christians are prohibited from premarital sex judged by the Law God gave Moses, in particular the laws in the book of Leviticus.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-large;" data-mce-mark="1"><strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #3366ff;" data-mce-mark="1">Analytical Premise How To Construe Law's Scope on Gentiles</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000; font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">To construe commands in the Law, whether they apply to Gentiles, James in Acts 15 provides an example on how to analyze this. James was construing the command on "sons of Israel" to be circumcised in Leviticus 12:1-3. James said this command did not extend to Gentiles. James was obviously interpreting "sons of Israel" as strictly as possible. Thus, this is a standard of construction for us to apply. (See our article&nbsp;<a href="/recommendedreading/98-law-applicable-today.html"><span style="color: #000000;">The Law Applicable Today</span></a>.)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Do the Levitical commands on illicit sexual practices apply to Gentiles in the community of Israel under the Law -- and thus by extension to the spiritual "kingdom of God" on earth today?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">The section of the Law dealing with illicit sexual practices is in Leviticus 18 and 20. These practices are referred to as "detestable things," such as incest, adultery, and bestiality (Uggh!)&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">This section clearly prescribes that in its entirety it applies to Gentiles:</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 30px;"><span style="color: #001320; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: #fffefd;">But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and <em><strong>the foreigners residing among</strong> </em>you must not do any of these detestable things. (<a href="http://bible.cc/leviticus/18-26.htm">Lev. 18:26</a>&nbsp;NIV from Biblios.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">The question you present is whether the Law prohibits premaritial sex upon a Christian Gentile in the community of Israel under the Law, especially the book of Leviticus.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-large;" data-mce-mark="1"><strong><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: 'times new roman', times; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: #fffefd;" data-mce-mark="1">Deuteronomy 22:20-21 - Husband's Right To Seek New Wife's Death</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #001320; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: #fffefd;" data-mce-mark="1">The answer is there is no strict command prohibiting premarital sex in Leviticus or anywhere in the Hebrew Bible with the exception of <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+22&amp;version=NIV">Deut. 22:20-21</a> at the election of a new husband to protest over discovering another must have slept with his new bride. In that case of effectively a fraud against the groom's expectations, the woman is put to death but again only if the husband protests. In other contexts, there are legal consequences for premarital sex, summarized below, but there is no per se prohibition on premarital sex.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #001320; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: #fffefd;" data-mce-mark="1">This Deut 22:20-21 passage is a command on Gentiles because verses 1 and 4 of the same chapter specifically limit the commands in those verses to "sons of Israel" as part of each command. However, this is not repeated in Deut. 22:20-21. Instead, this reads in an open ended manner in verses 20-21. See <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+22&amp;version=NIV">Deut. 22</a> (NIV). Hence, it should be construed as applicable to Gentiles.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff; font-size: x-large;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: #fffefd;" data-mce-mark="1">Advice To Gentile-Christian Woman</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">This means for a Christian Gentile woman who is propositioned by someone other than her anticipated husband, she should always decline for fear of the right of judgment by a future betrothed that she was not a virgin. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">At the same time, if a man and woman are betrothed, and they have premarital sex, such a man cannot claim he was defrauded by believing his betrothed wife was a virgin, and there is thus no legal consequence upon either of them for such pre-wedding activity. This is not to say it is necessarily wise even then for the woman, as a wedding can be called off. The woman would then be in the same position with the next betrothal as if the first never happened. The next betrothed husband could stand in judgment against her, if he chose, in which case she can be under potential judgment of spiritual death before God and man.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">All of this is to say, the woman who says 'yes' is taking risks of judgment by a shocked betrothed husband. If that risk never materializes, her action, while unwise and imprudent, did not lead to a judgment punished in the Law by man or God. Yet, it is certainly risky behavior, on more than one level.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-large; color: #3366ff;" data-mce-mark="1">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-large; color: #3366ff;" data-mce-mark="1"><strong><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: #fffefd;" data-mce-mark="1">Potential Legal Consequences Elsewhere For Premarital Sex</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Now in other sections of the Law, premarital sex has legal consequences. Hence, the mere act of premarital sex is not treated like adultery is treated --- adultery is subject to a death-penalty (civilly then, spiritually now). Rather, pre-marital sex is treated as an action that incurs legal consequences. It is not prohibited per se. These rules quoted next apply to Gentiles because in the Exodus 20:16-17 passage below, each verse leading up to verses 16-17 has said "anyone" doing x, y, and z is subject to the command. And verses 16-17 themselves says it applies to "a man" -- which is consistent with it being "any man." And the Deuteronomy quote below is from chapter 22 where verses 1 and 4 was excepting out those commands as applicable only to "sons of Israel," thus leaving the other verses to be evidently applicable to everyone including Gentiles. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Anyway, in these two passages,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">we are told that if a man seduced a woman who was&nbsp;</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif; background-color: #fcf9f3; color: #000000; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">not betrothed or married</b><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">, he was forced to pay the bride price and marry her, unless her father withheld his consent:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #001320; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: #fffefd;" data-mce-mark="1"></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 30px;"><span size="-1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif,sans-serif" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large;">And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. [Exodus 22:16-17. Emphasis Added]</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="margin-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; then <em><strong>the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.</strong></em> [Deuteronomy 22:28-29. Emphasis Added]&nbsp;</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; background-color: #fcf9f3;"><span style="color: #001320; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: #fffefd;" data-mce-mark="1">Hence, if the father withheld consent, there was no consequence prescribed for pre-marital sex.</span></p>
<h1 align="LEFT" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; background-color: #fcf9f3;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #3366ff;">Conclusion</span></h1>
<p align="LEFT" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; background-color: #fcf9f3;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Pre-marital sex under the Law is not treated as incest, adultery or bestiality -- a per se wrong. Those actions that are per se wrong are also known as acts of fornication (<em>illicit sexual acts</em>). Therefore, pre-marital sex is not prohibited per se as a form of fornication (contrary to popular misconception including my own). </span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; background-color: #fcf9f3;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">Rather, premarital sex is deadly only when a newly betrothed husband raises a complaint of fraud. If verified by the lack of blood-evidence, this would lead to her death as punishment under the civil Law of Israel (and spiritually in the kingdom of God) at the new husband's election. Obviously if the new husband was the one with whom the woman shared pre-marital sex, he should not be permitted to raise the complaint of fraud to man or God. Thus, in that circumstance, it is implied that there was no punishment for premarital sex between them. (Deut. 22:20-21.)</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; background-color: #fcf9f3;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'times new roman', times;" data-mce-mark="1">This completely matches Exodus 22:16-17 and Deut 22:28-29 which provides that if a man lies with a woman outside marriage, the man must pay a dowry and marry the woman unless the father refuses. Obviously, if the father refuses, there is no other prescribed consequence to the woman or the man who engaged in premarital sex.</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; background-color: #fcf9f3;"><span style="color: #001320; font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: large; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify; background-color: #fffefd;" data-mce-mark="1">Thank you for asking because I never studied this before. I had a complete misconception that premarital sex was per se a sin just like adultery, incest or bestiality.&nbsp;</span></p>
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