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Deuteronomy 22:29-30
Contemporary English Version
Deuteronomy 22:29-30
Contemporary English Version
29 they will be forced to get married. He must give her father 50 pieces of silver as a bride-price and[a] can never divorce her.
30 (A) A man must not marry a woman who was married to his father. This would be a disgrace to his father.
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- 22.28,29 talks her into sleeping with him … bride-price and: Or “talks her into sleeping with him. 29 Then if they are caught, he will have to marry her. He must give her father fifty pieces of silver as a bride-price and.”
Deuteronomy 22:29-30
New International Version
Deuteronomy 22:29-30
New International Version
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](A)
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 22:29 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
- Deuteronomy 22:30 In Hebrew texts this verse (22:30) is numbered 23:1.
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