28 (A)If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and has sexual relations with her, and they are discovered, 29 then the man who had sexual relations with her shall give the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife, because he has violated her; he is not allowed to divorce her all his days.

30 [a](B)A man shall not take [b]his father’s wife in marriage, so that he does not [c]uncover his father’s garment.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:30 Ch 23:1 in Heb
  2. Deuteronomy 22:30 I.e., a stepmother, not his birth mother
  3. Deuteronomy 22:30 Idiom for violating his father’s marriage

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:29 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
  2. Deuteronomy 22:30 In Hebrew texts this verse (22:30) is numbered 23:1.