28 If a man encounters a young woman, a virgin who is not engaged, takes hold of her and rapes her, and they are discovered, 29 the man who raped her must give the young woman’s father 50 silver shekels, and she must become his wife because he violated her.(A) He cannot divorce her as long as he lives.

30 “A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not violate his father’s marriage bed.[a][b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:30 Dt 23:1 in Hb
  2. Deuteronomy 22:30 Lit not uncover the edge of his father’s garment; Ru 3:9; Ezk 16:8

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