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Exodus 22:17

WEB

17If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

KJV

17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

BSB

17If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.

FBV

17If her father adamantly refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay the same amount as the bride-price for a virgin.

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Extra References

Genesis 34:12

12Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”


1 Samuel 18:25

25Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.


Deuteronomy 7:3-4

3You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son. 4For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So the LORD’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.


Deuteronomy 22:29

29then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady’s father fifty shekels[+] of silver. She shall be his wife, because he has humbled her. He may not put her away all his days.


Genesis 23:16

16Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchantsstandard.