Negative Commandment #133 of 613

A seducer that marries the maiden he seduces must not divorce her

Commandment #133a prohibition from Deuteronomy 22:29, classified under Marriage and Family in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days.

Deuteronomy 22:29

Hebrew

וְנָתַן הָאִישׁ הַשֹּׁכֵב עִמָּהּ לַאֲבִי *הנער **הַנַּעֲרָה חֲמִשִּׁים כָּסֶף וְלוֹ־תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר עִנָּהּ לֹא־יוּכַל שַׁלְּחָה‪[Q]‬‪[n]‬‪[p]‬ כָּל־יָמָיו׃ ס ‬

Greek (Septuagint)

δώσει ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ κοιμηθεὶς μετ' αὐτῆς τῷ πατρὶ τῆς νεάνιδος πεντήκοντα δίδραχμα ἀργυρίου καὶ αὐτοῦ ἔσται γυνή ἀνθ' ὧν ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτήν οὐ δυνήσεται ἐξαποστεῖλαι αὐτὴν τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
22

Scholarly References

Parashah
Ki Tetze
Sefer HaChinuch
#558
Mishneh Torah
WomenVirgin Maiden

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