SEV Biblia, Chapter 22:19
y le han de multar en cien ciclos de plata, los cuales darán al padre de la joven, por cuanto esparció mala fama sobre una virgen de Israel; y la ha de tener por mujer, y no podrá despedirla en todos sus días.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver , etc.] Which was about twelve pounds of our money; this was double the dowry he would have been obliged to have given her, if he had put her away; which he might have done with less trouble, and with a greater certainty of being rid of her; but being willing to save that expense, took this wicked method to accuse her falsely; and therefore is fined double that sum: and give them unto the father of the damsel ; as a sort of satisfaction or reparation for the scandal brought upon him and his family; if the damsel was fatherless, Maimonides says, she was to have them herself: because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin in Israel : defamed her among her neighbours and acquaintance, or brought a false accusation against her in court; alleging she was not a virgin when he married her, when she was one, which was a very great injury to her character: and she shall be his wife, he may not put her away all his days : and so he was disappointed in his view of getting rid of her, and obliged to retain her as his wife, though hated, and was not suffered to divorce her as long as he lived; which was permitted and connived at in other men, and which he might have done before, without bringing such a charge against her; all which must be very mortifying to him, as to be whipped, to pay a fine, keep his wife, and not allowed ever to divorce her.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 13-30 - These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is no necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The law relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshl lusts which war against the soul __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וענשׁו 6064 אתו 853 מאה 3967 כסף 3701 ונתנו 5414 לאבי 1 הנערה 5291 כי 3588 הוציא 3318 שׁם 8034 רע 7451 על 5921 בתולת 1330 ישׂראל 3478 ולו תהיה 1961 לאשׁה 802 לא 3808 יוכל 3201 לשׁלחה 7971 כל 3605 ימיו׃ 3117
