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Exodus 22:17

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If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
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  1. Genesis 34:12Rank 1 from verse 17
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    12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

  2. 1 Samuel 18:25Rank 2 from verse 17
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    25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

  3. Deuteronomy 22:29Rank 3 from verse 17
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    29Then 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.

  4. Deuteronomy 7:3–4Rank 4 from verse 17
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    3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

    4For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

  5. Genesis 23:16Rank 5 from verse 17
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    16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

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Exodus 22:17

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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pay

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To discharge a debt or obligation; to render what is due, fulfill a promise, reward, or recompense.

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dowry

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Sense 1: Money, goods, or property brought in marriage. Sense 2: A marriage gift or payment.

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16¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

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18¶ Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

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