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14 Suppose you borrow an animal from a neighbor, and it gets injured or dies while the neighbor isn't around. Then you must replace it. 15 But if something happens to the animal while the owner is present, you do not have to replace it. If you had leased the animal, the money you paid the owner will cover any harm done to it.

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The Lord said:

16 (A) Suppose a young woman has never had sex and isn't engaged. If a man talks her into having sex, he must pay the bride price[a] and marry her.

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Footnotes

  1. 22.16 bride price: It was the custom for a man to pay his wife's family a bride price before the actual wedding ceremony took place.

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