Social Responsibility

¹⁶ “If a man seduces a virgin^(A) who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price,^(B) and she shall be his wife.

¹⁷ If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.

²⁸ If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,^(A)

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.