Deuteronomio 22:29

29 entonces el hombre que se acostó con ella dará al padre de la joven cincuenta ciclos de plata, y ella será su mujer, por cuanto la afligió; no la podrá despedir en todos sus días

Deuteronomio 22:29 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:29

Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's
father fifty shekels of silver,
&.] For the abuse of his daughter; and besides this was obliged to give her her dowry also, as Philo ^F4 says, which is commonly said to be fifty more:

and she shall be his wife;
if her father and she agreed to it; and in such a case the man was not at his liberty to refuse, be she what she would, agreeable or not, handsome or ugly; he must, as the Jews express it, drink out of his pot, or marry her, if she is lame, or blind, or full of ulcers ^F5:

because he hath humbled her he may not put her away all his days:
to all the other parts of his punishment, paying a fine of fifty shekels to the damsel's father, a dowry of the same sum to her, obligation to marry her whether he likes her or not, this is added, that he is not allowed to divorce her as long as he lives; which was permitted to other men, and this was wisely ordered to preserve chastity.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 De Special. Leg. p. 787.
F5 Misn. Cetubot, c. 3. sect. 5.

Deuteronomio 22:29 In-Context

27 Porque él la halló en el campo; dio voces la moza desposada, y no hubo quien la salvara

28 Cuando alguno hallare una joven virgen, que no fuere desposada, y la tomare, y se acostare con ella, y fueren hallados

29 entonces el hombre que se acostó con ella dará al padre de la joven cincuenta ciclos de plata, y ella será su mujer, por cuanto la afligió; no la podrá despedir en todos sus días

30 No tomará alguno la mujer de su padre, ni descubrirá el regazo de su padre