16And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
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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; …
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-24)Here is, I. A law that he who debauched a young woman should be obliged to marry her, Exod. 22:16 , 17 . If she was betrothed to another, it was death to debauch her ( Deut. 22:23 , 24 ); but the law here mentioned respects her as single. But, if the father refused her to him, he was to give satisfaction in money for the injury and disgrace he had done her. This law puts an honour upon marriage an…
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