Exodus 22:15

And if any one deceive a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her for a wife to himself.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

In Context

14But if the owner be with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it be a + 22:14 Qu. If the borrower be a hireling, he shall have the ruined beast instead of his hire?hired thing, there shall be a compensation to him instead of his hire.

16And if her father positively refuse, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall pay + 22:16 Gr. money.compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:12Multiply your demand of dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this damsel for a wife.

Zechariah 8:10For before those days the wages of men could not be profitable, and there could be no hire of cattle, and there could be no peace by reason of the affliction to him that went out or to him that came in: for I would have let loose all men, every one against his neighbour.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:8-16

7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges;… Read the whole commentary →

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