Rapist and Victim

Any discussion about "biblical marriage" should consider whether or not a girl who is raped should marry the rapist.

Deut 22:28-29 (NET)
Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes her and they are discovered. The man who has raped her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife because he has violated her; he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

This law supports two previous concepts here: The value of  female virginity and the concept of Bride Price.

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