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29 then the man who lay with her[a] shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife[b] because[c] he violated her, and he is not allowed to divorce her during his lifetime.[d] 30 [e] A man may not take the wife of his father, and so he may not dishonor his father.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:29 Literally “the man the one lying with her”
  2. Deuteronomy 22:29 Literally “for/as a wife”
  3. Deuteronomy 22:29 Literally “in place of”
  4. Deuteronomy 22:29 Literally “all of his days”
  5. Deuteronomy 22:30 Deuteronomy 22:30–23:25 in the English Bible is 23:1–26 in the Hebrew Bible
  6. Deuteronomy 22:30 Literally “not he may reveal the skirt of the garment of his father”