Deuteronomy 22
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Deuteronomy 22:28-29

28If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered, 29then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver,1 and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

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  1. 1. Deuteronomy 22:29 50 shekels is approximately 1.26 pounds or 569.8 grams of silver. ↩

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