“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
Deuteronomy 22:29 - Tree of Life Version Then the man who lay with her is to give to the young woman’s father 50 pieces of silver, and she is to be his wife, since he has humiliated her—he may not send her away all his days. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her; he may not divorce her all his days. American Standard Version (1901) then 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. Common English Bible the man who had sex with her must give fifty silver shekels to the young woman’s father. She will also become his wife because he has humiliated her. He is never allowed to divorce her. Catholic Public Domain Version then he who slept with her shall give to the father of the girl fifty shekels of silver, and he shall have her as a wife, because he has humiliated her. He cannot dismiss her, throughout all the days of his life. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that lay with her shall give to the father of the maid fifty sicles of silver, and shall have her to wife, because he hath humbled her. He may not put her away all the days of his life. |
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
But if her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he must weigh out silver equal to the dowry for virgins.
Now if you are not pleased with her, then you may send her off wherever she wishes. But you must certainly not sell her for silver—you may not treat her as merchandise, since you have humiliated her.
Then they are to fine him 100 pieces of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought an evil name on a virgin of Israel. Then she is to be his wife—he may not send her away all his days.
Then you are to bring them both out to the gate of that city and stone them with stones to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the town, and the man because he humiliated his neighbor’s wife. So you are to purge the evil from your midst.
“Suppose a man finds a young virgin who is not engaged, grabs her and lies with her, and they are discovered.