Deuteronomy 22:27-29

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²⁷The man found the engaged girl out in the field and attacked her. Maybe she called for help, but there was no one to help her.

²⁸“A man might find a virgin girl who is not engaged and force her to have sexual relations with him. If other people see this happen, ²⁹he must pay the girl’s father 20 ounces of silver.^[a] And the girl will become the man’s wife, because he used her for sexual sin. He cannot divorce her all his life.

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 22:29 20 ounces of silver This money became the dowry, the money a man paid to a woman’s father to seal the marriage agreement. Often the father saved this money to take care of the woman if something happened to her husband.