If the owner was present, there shall be no restitution; if it was hired, only the hiring fee is due.
Exodus 22:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a man seduces a virgin not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to become his wife. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible When a man seduces a young woman who isn’t engaged to be married yet and he sleeps with her, he must marry her and pay the bride-price for her. Catholic Public Domain Version If a man has led astray a virgin not yet betrothed, and he has slept with her, he shall pay her dowry and have her as a wife. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, and lie with her: he shall endow her, and have her to wife. |
If the owner was present, there shall be no restitution; if it was hired, only the hiring fee is due.
the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a woman.
Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit.