Deuteronomy 22:29 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

he must pay her father fifty pieces of silver. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Deuteronomy 22:28–29.— SEDUCTION.

See Exodus 22:16-17. The sin of seduction before marriage is punished by a hea…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's
father fifty shekels of silver…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

These and similar regulations might have been necessary then, and yet it is not necessary that we scrupulously examine them. The laws relate to the…