A moment in scripture
Deuteronomy 22:29
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Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
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The surrounding passage
- Deuteronomy 22:27
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
- Deuteronomy 22:28
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
- Deuteronomy 22:30
A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.