TRIV What should be done if a man rapes an unbetrothed virgin damsel?

Thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver ... And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. Leviticus 27:3

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What should be done if a man rapes an unbetrothed virgin damsel?


Have the man marry the damsel after paying her father fifty shekels

Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. 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; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. Deuteronomy 22:28

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