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...