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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/exodus/22.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/22.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sex with her, he must pay the customary bride price and marry her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her <i>to be</i> his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and sleeps with her, he must pay a dowry for her <i>to be</i> his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And if a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her <i>to be</i> his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her <i>to be</i> his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry (marriage price) for her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and he sleeps with her, he must certainly pay the bridal price for her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and he has sexual relations with her, he must certainly pay the bridal price for her to be his wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Suppose a young woman has never had sex and isn't engaged. If a man talks her into having sex, he must pay the bride price and marry her. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Whenever a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sexual intercourse with her, he must pay the bride-price and marry her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, he must pay the bride price for her and marry her. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married and has sexual relations with her, he must pay her bride price, and she is to become his wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and has sexual relations with her, he must surely endow her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if a man shall entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And when a man entices a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and has lain with her, he certainly endows her to himself for a wife;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And when a man doth entice a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If a man shall seduce a virgin who was not betrothed, and lying with her, endowing, he shall endow her to him for a wife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If a man seduce a virgin not yet espoused, and lie with her: he shall endow her, and have her to wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If a man has led astray a virgin not yet betrothed, and he has slept with her, he shall pay her dowry and have her as a wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall make her his wife by paying the bride price.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married, and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely marry her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And when a man will seduce a virgin that was not engaged and he shall have sexual intercourse with her, he shall surely take her to him as a wife.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if any one deceive a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her for a wife to himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/22-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=5611" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/22.htm">Laws of Social Responsibility</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: wə·ḵî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/6601.htm" title="6601: yə·p̄at·teh (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to open, i.e. Be roomy; usually figuratively to be simple or delude.">seduces</a> <a href="/hebrew/1330.htm" title="1330: bə·ṯū·lāh (N-fs) -- Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin; sometimes a bride; also a city or state.">a virgin</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">is not</a> <a href="/hebrew/781.htm" title="781: ’ō·rā·śāh (V-Pual-Perf-3fs) -- To betroth. A primitive root; to engage for matrimony.">pledged in marriage</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: wə·šā·ḵaḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">and sleeps</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·māh (Prep:: 3fs) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with her,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4117.htm" title="4117: mā·hōr (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To acquire by paying a purchase price. A primitive root; to bargain, i.e. To wed.">he must pay the full dowry</a> <a href="/hebrew/4117.htm" title="4117: yim·hā·ren·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3fse) -- To acquire by paying a purchase price. A primitive root; to bargain, i.e. To wed."></a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">for her</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: lə·’iš·šāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">to be his wife.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-28.htm">Deuteronomy 22:28-29</a></span><br />If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered, / then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Genesis 34:2-12</a></span><br />When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. / And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly. / So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Leviticus 19:20-22</a></span><br />If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed. / The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD. / The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/18-25.htm">1 Samuel 18:25-27</a></span><br />Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines. / When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived, / David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/13-12.htm">2 Samuel 13:12-14</a></span><br />“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing! / Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” / But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/30-3.htm">Numbers 30:3-5</a></span><br />And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, / and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. / But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/4-10.htm">Ruth 4:10</a></span><br />Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/21-7.htm">Judges 21:7-23</a></span><br />What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?” / So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly. / For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm">Proverbs 6:32-35</a></span><br />He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. / Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away. / For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Malachi 2:14-16</a></span><br />Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. / Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. / “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-18.htm">Matthew 1:18-20</a></span><br />This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. / Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly. / But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-36.htm">1 Corinthians 7:36-38</a></span><br />However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married. / But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well. / So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-32.htm">Matthew 5:32</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18-20</a></span><br />Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. / Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-4.htm">Hebrews 13:4</a></span><br />Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.</p><p class="hdg">a man entice</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/34-2.htm">Genesis 34:2-4</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/22-28.htm">Deuteronomy 22:28,29</a></b></br> If a man find a damsel <i>that is</i> a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/21-9.htm">Betrothed</a> <a href="/genesis/30-20.htm">Bride-Price</a> <a href="/genesis/38-26.htm">Connection</a> <a href="/genesis/34-12.htm">Dowry</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-21.htm">Endow</a> <a href="/colossians/2-1.htm">Engaged</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">Entice</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-29.htm">Entices</a> <a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/exodus/21-26.htm">Maid</a> <a href="/exodus/21-10.htm">Marriage</a> <a href="/exodus/21-10.htm">Married</a> <a href="/exodus/22-15.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/genesis/19-14.htm">Pledged</a> <a href="/exodus/22-14.htm">Present</a> <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Seduce</a> <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Seduces</a> <a href="/john/11-12.htm">Sleeps</a> <a href="/exodus/22-14.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/exodus/2-8.htm">Virgin</a> <a href="/exodus/21-10.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/exodus/22-11.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Betrothed</a> <a href="/exodus/22-17.htm">Bride-Price</a> <a href="/exodus/22-19.htm">Connection</a> <a href="/exodus/22-17.htm">Dowry</a> <a href="/job/39-17.htm">Endow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-7.htm">Engaged</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Entice</a> <a href="/job/36-18.htm">Entices</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-4.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Maid</a> <a href="/exodus/22-17.htm">Marriage</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Married</a> <a href="/exodus/22-17.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Pledged</a> <a href="/exodus/22-17.htm">Present</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-10.htm">Seduce</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-21.htm">Seduces</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-47.htm">Sleeps</a> <a href="/exodus/22-19.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-13.htm">Virgin</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-8.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/exodus/32-28.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-1.htm">Of Theft</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-5.htm">Of damage</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-7.htm">Of trespasses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-14.htm">Of borrowing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-16.htm">Of fornication</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-18.htm">Of witchcraft</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-19.htm">Of bestiality</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Of idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Of strangers, widows, and fatherless</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-25.htm">Of usury</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-26.htm">Of pledges</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-28.htm">Of reverence to magistrates</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-29.htm">Of the first fruits</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/22-31.htm">Of torn flesh</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Israelite society, virginity was highly valued, and the loss of it outside of marriage could have significant social and familial implications. The term "seduces" implies persuasion or enticement, suggesting a consensual act rather than force or coercion.<p><b>who is not pledged in marriage</b><br>The distinction here is crucial, as it refers to a woman who is not betrothed or engaged. In biblical times, betrothal was a formal and binding agreement, akin to marriage, and breaking it had serious consequences. This law specifically addresses cases where the woman is free from such commitments, highlighting the importance of marital status in legal and social contexts.<p><b>and sleeps with her</b><br>This phrase indicates the act of sexual intercourse. In the cultural and historical context of ancient Israel, such an act outside of marriage was considered a serious offense, impacting the woman's future prospects and her family's honor. The act necessitated a legal and social response to address the consequences.<p><b>he must pay the full dowry for her</b><br>The dowry, or bride price, was a customary payment made by the groom to the bride's family, serving as compensation and a form of security for the bride. This requirement underscores the seriousness of the act and the responsibility of the man to provide for the woman he has wronged. It reflects the value placed on the woman's future and the need to restore her social standing.<p><b>to be his wife</b><br>The culmination of the law is the requirement for the man to marry the woman, provided her father consents (as clarified in other biblical passages). This marriage serves as a form of restitution, ensuring the woman's protection and provision. It also reflects the biblical principle of accountability and the restoration of relationships. This law can be seen as a protective measure for the woman, ensuring her security and status within the community.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/man.htm">Man</a></b><br>The individual who entices the virgin. In the context of ancient Israel, this refers to a male member of the community.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/v/virgin.htm">Virgin</a></b><br>A young woman who is not pledged in marriage. The Hebrew term "bethulah" is used, indicating a woman of marriageable age who has not yet been married.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/bride_price.htm">Bride Price</a></b><br>A customary payment made by the groom to the bride's family, signifying a formal marriage agreement.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/marriage.htm">Marriage</a></b><br>The institution that is established as a result of the man's actions, emphasizing the seriousness of sexual relations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/ancient_israel.htm">Ancient Israel</a></b><br>The cultural and historical context in which these laws were given, reflecting the societal norms and values of the time.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_marriage.htm">The Sanctity of Marriage</a></b><br>This passage underscores the importance of marriage as a covenant and the seriousness of sexual relations. It teaches that sexual intimacy is designed to occur within the bounds of marriage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responsibility_and_consequences.htm">Responsibility and Consequences</a></b><br>The law requires the man to take responsibility for his actions, highlighting the principle that actions have consequences. This is a call to integrity and accountability.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/value_of_women.htm">Value of Women</a></b><br>By requiring a bride price, the law affirms the value and dignity of the woman, countering any notion of her being treated as an object.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_context_and_modern_application.htm">Cultural Context and Modern Application</a></b><br>While the cultural practices of ancient Israel differ from today, the underlying principles of respect, responsibility, and the sanctity of marriage remain relevant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_design_for_relationships.htm">God’s Design for Relationships</a></b><br>This passage reflects God’s design for relationships, emphasizing commitment, respect, and the protection of individuals within the community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/exodus_22_16-17__consent_vs._autonomy.htm">Exodus 22:16–17: How does requiring the seducer to marry or pay for the virgin align with modern concepts of consent and women’s autonomy? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_purpose_of_dowries.htm">What was the purpose of dowries in biblical marriages?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_7-year_bride_price_custom.htm">Genesis 29:18–20: Is there any historical or archaeological evidence of a seven-year bride price custom? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_a_dowry's_purpose.htm">What is a dowry's purpose?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>MISCELLANEOUS LAWS.</span><p>(16-31) The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is impossible to bring under any general head or heads, and which can, therefore, only be regarded as miscellaneous. Moses may have recorded them in the order in which they were delivered to him; or have committed them to writing as they afterwards occurred to his memory.<p>(16) <span class= "bld">If a man entice a maid.</span>--The seduction of a maiden is regarded more seriously in primitive than in more advanced communities. The father looked to receive a handsome sum (<span class= "greekheb">????</span>) from the man to whom he consented to betroth his virgin daughter; and required compensation if his daughter's eligibility as a wife was diminished. If the seducer were a person to whom he felt it a degradation to marry his daughter, he might exact from him such a sum as would be likely to induce another to wed her; if he was one whom he could accept as a son-in-law, he might compel him to re-establish his daughter's status by marriage. It might be well if modern societies would imitate the Mosaic code on this point by some similar proviso.<p><span class= "bld">He shall surely endow her</span>--i.e., pay the customary sum to the father. See <a href="/deuteronomy/22-29.htm" title="Then the man that lay with her shall give to the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.">Deuteronomy 22:29</a>, where the sum is fixed at fifty shekels of silver.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If a man entice</span>. Rather "seduce." <span class="cmt_word">He shall surely endow her to be his wife</span>. In the East a man commonly pays money, or money's worth, to the parents in order to obtain a wife. The seducer was to comply with this custom, and make over to the damsel's father the sum of fifty shekels of silver (<a href="/deuteronomy/22-29.htm">Deuteronomy 22:29</a>), for his sanction of the marriage. If the father consented, he was compelled to marry the girl, and he was forbidden to repudiate her afterwards (<span class="accented">ibid.</span>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/22-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכִֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֗ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seduces</span><br /><span class="heb">יְפַתֶּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·p̄at·teh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6601.htm">Strong's 6601: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open, be, roomy, to be, simple, delude</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a virgin</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתוּלָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯū·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1330.htm">Strong's 1330: </a> </span><span class="str2">A virgin, sometimes, a bride</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pledged in marriage</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹרָ֖שָׂה</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·rā·śāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_781.htm">Strong's 781: </a> </span><span class="str2">To engage for, matrimony</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sleeps</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁכַ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·ḵaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with her,</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he must pay the full dowry</span><br /><span class="heb">מָהֹ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(mā·hōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4117.htm">Strong's 4117: </a> </span><span class="str2">To acquire by paying a purchase price</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for her</span><br /><span class="heb">לּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">to be his wife.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאִשָּֽׁה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/22-16.htm">Exodus 22:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/22-16.htm">OT Law: Exodus 22:16 If a man entices a virgin who (Exo. 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