Deuteronomy 22:28
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
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Gill's Exposition
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 (d) says,…
These laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint by laying a penalty upon those fleshly lusts which war against the soul.
I. If a man, lusting after another woman, to get rid of his…
Of Intercourse with a Virgin not Betrothed. The man shall pay a bride-price (see on Deu 22:22) and marry her without power of divorce. For seduction E, Exo 22:16 f., exacts the bride-price but the…