Exodus 22:16-17

The Voice

The owner who rents the animal must calculate the risk of losing the animal when he assesses the rental fee.

¹⁶If a man entices a virgin who is not promised to another man to have sex with him, then he must pay her father the bride-price and marry her. ¹⁷If the young woman’s father refuses the marriage offer because he disapproves of the man, then the man still must pay the amount of money that is customary for the bride-price for virgins.

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