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Deuteronomy 22:18-20
World English Bible
Deuteronomy 22:18-20
World English Bible
18 The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him. 19 They shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver,[a] and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. She shall be his wife. He may not put her away all his days.
20 But if this thing is true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady,
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- 22:19 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 100 shekels is about a kilogram or 2.2 pounds.
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