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Deuteronomy 22:28

 

דברים כב:כח

Original Text:

כִּי-יִמְצָא אִישׁ, נַעֲרָ בְתוּלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא-אֹרָשָׂה, וּתְפָשָׂהּ, וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ; וְנִמְצָאוּ.

Translation:

Then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl’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.
[Translation by Rabbi Steve Greenberg]

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    Comments on this Text

     For relevant context, see Greenberg, Steven, Wrestling With God & Men, 204.