Mitzvah #132 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„One who seduces a maiden must marry the maiden if she chooses“
Scripture Reference: DEU 22:29 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Ki Tetze)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
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.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
כט וְנָתַן הָאִישׁ הַשֹּׁכֵב עִמָּהּ, לַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָ--חֲמִשִּׁים כָּסֶף; וְלוֹ-תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה, תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר עִנָּהּ--לֹא-יוּכַל שַׁלְּחָהּ, כָּל-יָמָיו. {ס}
Greek Text (Septuagint)
29 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.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Ki Tetze
Sefer HaChinuch Number #557
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Women (Buch 4)
Section: Virgin Maiden
Systematic Category (P119f) Marriage and Family