If
a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and
rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl's father fifty
shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He
can never divorce her as long as he lives.
//In a patriarchal society, where most women (married or not) are the
property of men, what happens to you if you defile another man’s
property?
Answer: It depends.
[1]
Today’s verse explains that if she isn’t yet married, then you pay a fee
to the father (fifty shekels of silver) and marry her.
[2] If the woman turns out to be already married, you and she must both die.
[3]
If she is unmarried but betrothed to another, it gets a little more
complicated. If you rape her in the country, you die and she lives. If
you rape her in the city, and she goes along with it quietly, you both
die. But if she screams, she lives and you die.
[4]
Finally, if you’re not a Jew, it doesn’t much matter whether the girl
cooperates; the laws of Israel don’t apply. You’ll probably be lynched.
So, do your homework first.
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