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28 If a man meets a virgin who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are caught in the act, 29 the man who lay with her shall give fifty shekels of silver to the young woman’s father, and she shall become his wife. Because he violated her he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives.

30 [a] A man shall not marry his father’s wife, thereby violating his father’s rights.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:30 Ch 23.1 in Heb
  2. Deuteronomy 22:30 Heb uncovering his father’s skirt

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