Exodus 22:16
If a man takes a virgin, who has not given her word to another man, and has connection with her, he will have to give a bride-price for her to be his wife.
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- Deut 22:28-29 : 28 If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it; 29 Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.
- Gen 34:2-4 : 2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her. 3 Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her. 4 And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.
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- Deut 22:13-3018 verses86%
13If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,
14And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:
15Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:
16And let the girl's father say to the responsible men, I gave my daughter to this man for his wife, but he has no love for her;
17And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.
18Then the responsible men of the town are to give the man his punishment;
19They will take from him a hundred shekels of silver, which are to be given to the father of the girl, because he has given an evil name to a virgin of Israel: she will go on being his wife, he may never put her away all his life.
20But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,
21Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.
22If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.
23If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;
24Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.
25But if the man, meeting such a virgin in the open country, takes her by force, then only the man is to be put to death;
26Nothing is to be done to the virgin, because there is no cause of death in her: it is the same as if a man made an attack on his neighbour and put him to death:
27For he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.
28If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;
29Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.
30A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.
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17If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.
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20If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.
- Num 5:12-132 verses76%
12Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him
13By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;
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15If the owner is with it, he will not have to make payment: if he gave money for the use of it, the loss is covered by the payment.
- Exod 21:7-115 verses75%
7And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
8If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.
9And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.
10And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.
11And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.
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30You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.
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11If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;
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20But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:
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7Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.
- Prov 6:25-262 verses73%
25Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
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13And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.
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32The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!
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36But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.
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14But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.
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7And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.
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29So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.
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6But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.
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1If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.
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21With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.
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16Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
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16But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.
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16And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?
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13Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
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12However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.
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20And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.
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3When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.