15 If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee.[a]

Laws for a Just Community

16 (A)“If a man seduces a virgin[b] who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price[c] for her and make her his wife.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:15 Or it is reckoned in (Hebrew comes into) its hiring fee
  2. Exodus 22:16 Or a girl of marriageable age; also verse 17
  3. Exodus 22:16 Or engagement present; also verse 17

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