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Und so jemand eine Jungfrau betört, die nicht verlobt ist, und liegt bei ihr, so soll er sie gewißlich durch eine Heiratsgabe sich zum Weibe erkaufen.
2 Mose 22:16
Arcana Coelestia # 9181
9181. Verses 15-16. When a man shall persuade a virgin who is not betrothed, and shall lie with her, endowing he shall endow her to himself for a woman. If refusing her father shall refuse to give her to him, he shall pay silver according to the dowry of virgins. “When a man shall persuade a virgin who is not betrothed,” signifies good not conjoined with truth: “and shall lie with her,” signifies unlawful conjunction; “endowing he shall endow her to himself for a woman,” signifies a token of consent to a lawful conjunction; “if refusing her father shall refuse to give her to him,” signifies if interior good does not allow conjunction; “he shall pay silver according to the dowry of virgins,” signifies other truth consenting in its place.
