Verse 17

if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 34:12 : 12 multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.'
  • 1 Sam 18:25 : 25 And Saul saith, `Thus do ye say to David, There is no delight to the king in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of the Philistines -- to be avenged on the enemies of the king;' and Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.
  • Deut 22:29 : 29 then hath the man who is lying with her given to the father of the damsel fifty silverlings, and to him she is for a wife; because that he hath humbled her, he is not able to send her away all his days.
  • Gen 23:16 : 16 And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant.
  • Deut 7:3-4 : 3 `And thou dost not join in marriage with them; thy daughter thou dost not give to his son, and his daughter thou dost not take to thy son, 4 for he doth turn aside thy son from after Me, and they have served other gods, and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and hath destroyed thee hastily.