"If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her." Deuteronomy 22:28-29
I suppose if she is a slave and there was no father the rape was OK...from the man's point of view and from God's point of view. The woman's point of view is irrelevant in the Old Testament.
What woman would want to marry a man who raped her? Why could the woman not be paid the fifty pieces of silver to her?
In the Old Testament only the man was allowed to divorce the woman. The woman was not allowed to divorce the man.
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