Deuteronomy 22:28-29. — SEDUCTION.
See Exodus 22:16-17. The sin of seduction before marriage is punished by a heavy fine. We have recently amended our own laws in the direction of this very precept. But the fact that marriage was made compulsory in these cases makes the Law stricter still. It seems, however, from Exodus 22:17, that the girl’s father might forbid the marriage, though the seducer could not escape from it in any other way.
(30) See Leviticus 18:7. A principle, not merely a precept, is implied here, as appears by the details of Leviticus 18