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Exodus 22:17

15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow 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.

18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
KJV
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
WEB
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
ASV
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
DARBY
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins.
BLB
If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, [then] he shall weigh out silver according to the dowry of virgins.
ÅB
Dersom faren ikke vil la ham få henne, da skal han gi så meget i pengebøter som en pleier å gi i festegave for en jomfru.
OTB
Hvis hennes far nekter å gi henne til ham, må han betale et beløp tilsvarende medgiften for jomfruer.
B1930
Dersom faren ikke vil la ham få henne, da skal han gi så meget i pengebøter som en pleier å gi i festegave for en jomfru.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 34:12

    Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:25

    And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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  • Deuteronomy 22:29

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:3–4

    Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

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  • Genesis 23:16

    And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

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