Exodus 22:17
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If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
In other translations
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
Hebrew words
אִם־'im-ifH518מָאֵןma'enabsolutely <refuse>H3985יְמָאֵןyema'enhe will refuseH3985אָבִיהָ'avihafather herH1לְתִתָּהּletitahto give herH5414לוֹloto <the> himכֶּסֶףkesefsilverH3701יִשְׁקֹלyishkolhe will weigh outH8254כְּמֹהַרkemoharaccording to [the] bride-price ofH4119הַבְּתוּלֹת׃ סhabetulot<the> virginsH1330
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Related verses
- Genesis 34:12Ask 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.Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
- 1 Samuel 18:25And 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.Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
- Deuteronomy 22:29Then 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.then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
- Deuteronomy 7:3-43 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.3 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4 because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
- Genesis 23:16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
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