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Deuteronomy 22:19

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22:19 They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation 1  ruined the reputation 2  of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

Deuteronomy 22:29

Context
22:29 The man who has raped her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife because he has violated her; he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

1 tn Heb “for he”; the referent (the man who made the accusation) has been specified in the translation to avoid confusion with the young woman’s father, the last-mentioned male.

2 tn Heb “brought forth a bad name.”



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