Verse 17

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

Referenced Verses

• Gen 34:12 : 12 Ask 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.
• 1 Sam 18:25 : 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
• Deut 22:29 : 29 then 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.
• Gen 23:16 : 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.
• Deut 7:3-4 : 3 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 he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.