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Deuteronomy 22:28-30
Amplified Bible
Deuteronomy 22:28-30
Amplified Bible
28 “If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and is intimate with her and they are discovered, 29 then the man who was intimate with her shall give fifty shekels of silver to the girl’s father, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he can [a]never divorce her.
30 “[b]A man shall not take his father’s [former] wife, so that he will not [c]expose his father’s wife.
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- Deuteronomy 22:29 Lit all his days.
- Deuteronomy 22:30 In Hebrew this is 23:1, changing the versification throughout the following chapter.
- Deuteronomy 22:30 Lit uncover his father’s skirt.
Deuteronomy 22:28-30
New International Version
Deuteronomy 22:28-30
New International Version
28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,(A) 29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels[a] of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.
30 A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed.[b](B)
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 22:29 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
- Deuteronomy 22:30 In Hebrew texts this verse (22:30) is numbered 23:1.
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