DEUTERONOMY 22:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 2
“And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.”
They shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver (which they shall give to the girl's father, because he has slandered a virgin of Israel) and he shall remain his wife; he is not permitted to divorce her as long as he lives — the fine (qnasah) transfers to the father, compensating for the slander; the prohibition of divorce creates a lifelong bond despite the husband's attempted dissolution, making the false accuser bear the permanent consequence of his deception.
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