There is NO such thing as sex before marriage in the sense that Yah would recognize the term
Sexual intercourse with a virgin with the shedding of blood establishes a covenant -- see article on "The Virgin's Covenant"
The one flesh bond with a virgin, widow or truly divorced woman establishes a covenant, also at FIRST sexual intercourse
Thus, once a man and woman have had sex and the woman was free to "marry" then they are married in the site of the Almighty Creator
What happens after that in a church or registry office or where ever is a total farce, particularly if the woman was NOT free to covenant
The official ceremony then simply commits the man and woman into adultery and binds the officiating person into their sin as condoning it so that all three face judgment if they are believers with a resultant term in the place of correction (hell)
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