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Genesis 34:12
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Genesis 34:12
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12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
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Genesis 34:12
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Genesis 34:12
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12 Make the price for the bride(A) and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”
Exodus 22:16-17
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Exodus 22:16-17
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16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
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Exodus 22:16-17
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Exodus 22:16-17
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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.
Matthew 14:17
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Matthew 14:17
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17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
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Matthew 14:17
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Matthew 14:17
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17 “We have here only five loaves(A) of bread and two fish,” they answered.
Hosea 3:2
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Hosea 3:2
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2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
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Hosea 3:2
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Hosea 3:2
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2 Samuel 3:14
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2 Samuel 3:14
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14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
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2 Samuel 3:14
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2 Samuel 3:14
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14 Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, “Give me my wife Michal,(A) whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
1 Samuel 18:25-27
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1 Samuel 18:25-27
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25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
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1 Samuel 18:25-27
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1 Samuel 18:25-27
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25 Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price(A) for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge(B) on his enemies.’” Saul’s plan(C) was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.
26 When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed, 27 David took his men with him and went out and killed two hundred Philistines and brought back their foreskins. They counted out the full number to the king so that David might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal(D) in marriage.
Deuteronomy 22:28-29
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Deuteronomy 22:28-29
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28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
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Deuteronomy 22:28-29
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Deuteronomy 22:28-29
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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.
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- Deuteronomy 22:29 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
Genesis 31:41
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Genesis 31:41
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41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
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Genesis 29:18
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Genesis 29:18
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18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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Genesis 29:18
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Genesis 29:18
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18 Jacob was in love with Rachel(A) and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”(B)
Genesis 24:53
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Genesis 24:53
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53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
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Genesis 24:53
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Genesis 24:53
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53 Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing(A) and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts(B) to her brother and to her mother.
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