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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Exodus 22:17

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay, weigh out, money according to the dowry of virgins. This procedure, in a way, reinstated the girl as a virgin, and she was afterwards not barred from marrying. The transgressor thus made good his crime as far as possible and showed his repentance. In the case of a betrothed virgin the punishment inflicted upon the seducer was death, Deuteronomy 22:23.

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See also Exodus 22:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See the marginal references....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 22:7 E. BREACH OF TRUST. A man going on a journey would make his neighbour his banker. If the money or valuables were stolen, the thief, if found, was to pay double (Exodus 22:7); otherwise the...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DOWRY. 50 shekels. Deuteronomy 22:29. See App-51....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    If, however, the father will not give her in marriage to her seducer, he must still pay him the usual MARRIAGE-PRICE that would be expected for a daughter. In Deuteronomy 22:28 the penalty for rape Is...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Genesis 34:12; Deuteronomy 22:29....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PAY: _ Heb._ weigh...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 22:17 father H1 utterly H3985 (H8763) refuses H3985 (H8762) give H5414 (H8800) pay H8254 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 22:2. _Breaking up,_ by forcible entrance into a house, _there shall no blood be shed for him,_ though he be killed by another in his own defence. In that case the thief might be presumed to ha...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 22:16 Although SEDUCES probably implies mutual consent, the man must provide for the woman he has seduced, both by marrying her (unless the father UTTERLY REFUSES) and by paying...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    If the father refused, he shall pay money — This shews how ill a thing it is, and by no means to be allowed, that children should marry without their parents consent: even here where the divine law ap...

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